On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote: > In an effort to not sound like a newbie when speaking verbally about > Linux-related terms, I would like to know how to properly pronounce > these words. I've been training a co-worker on server management and > have run into quite a few terms for which I didn't quite know the > proper pronunciation. >
British English follows - some of this may also be uneducated and is to be taken with a requisite number of :) and a light tone. I've also run into the usual phonological/morphological problems of how to represent English phonetically. I'm happily open to correction from those who know :) > Also I think I know the correct way to say some of these but I really > want to make sure, so I'll put those in the list too. > > named = name-dee [Is correct as far as I know - name daemon - but it's from the same stable as BIND (which see). ] > pxe = pixie [Fine by me] > Debian = deb-ee-inn [Deb-ee-un - think Deb (as in debutante) and the last part of onion] > bind = bind, bin-dee, or ? [Going by how to pronounce the excellent O'Reilly book DNS and BIND, I'd always say bined like pined and not Bindi] > lilo = lie-lo, lill-lo, lee-lo, or ? [Lie low (if you're English speaking) Lee low if you're Spanish / Italian] > SQL = ess-cue-ell or sequel [Either's fine, though I personally prefer ess-cue-ell since that's also consistent with MySQL. Sequel seems to be a Microsoft preferred term] > MySQL = My-ess-cue-ell (according to an old FAQ on MySQL's site) [I'd agree, though I've a colleague who says My-sequel] > PostgreSQL = post-gress-cue-ell or ? [Post-grace-cue-ell OR post-grr-rescue-ell both seem right] > FAQ = eff-ay-cue or fak [It's a Fack - since I've only ever said it. Though I suppose you'd say "I read it in an Eff Eh Queue somewhere" just as easily :) "Pronunciation of FAQ" into www.google.com yields a very interesting thread from 1994 about this - it was obviously a religious wars issue right from the start :( ] > etc = et-see > usr = user > lib = lib or lieb (short vs long i) [Lib as in liberal not "libe" as in librarian or "leeb" as in liebchen] > proc = prock > init = inn-it > daemon = demon, day-mon, or ? [Dee-mon - The Concise OED has it as a variant of demon. Pandaemonium is strictly pan-day-monium but I don't know many people who don't elide it as pan-demo-knee-um (and therefore missspell it as pandemonium)] > kde = kay-dee-ee > gnu = new, guh-new, or ? [Guh-noo - which is probably the same way I'd pronounce the animal. (Though this separated pronunciation was apparently only popularised in the 1950's in a very popular humourous song in British English by Flanders and Swann "I'm a G-nu, how do you do, the G-nicest work of G-nature in the zoo" - and the Concise OED still calls it a noo :) ] > gnome = nome, guh-nome, or ? [I say Nome, but have read somewhere thatit's pronounced Guh-nome by the project on purpose to be different/difficult :) ] > vi = vee-aye or vye [Vie if I'm talking, vee-eye if I'm being correct] > passwd = [pass would (Where pass has a very short northern English A sound and rhymes with lass and would is like a very short could)] > irc = i-r-c, irk, or ? [Eye - Arse - Sea with the last two run together] > > Thanks for your help! (...and I hope I don't inadvertently start a battle. > :-) > Dusty > Andy > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
