On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 06:35:50AM -0400, Max Hyre wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > My first words were Cum-By-Ya
>
>Well, you just got blocked by millions of spam filters right there.
> :-) I've always sung ``coom-by-ya''.
>
>And then again---my spell checker objected to `coom';
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 07:00:06AM EDT, Max Hyre wrote:
> cga2000 wrote:
> > About 20 miles East of the city.
>
>Well, more like zero (Queens and Brooklyn are part of both the city
> and the Island, unless you're talking like the locals, to whom The City
> is Manhattan, and the rest is referre
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> chroot = tchroot (Ch as in Chekhov + root - there's an unavoidable very
> short middle e or a sound as you say it because you can't easily go from
> one syllable to the other)
It's called schwa, and represented by a lowercase `e' rotated 180
degrees about the axis
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 12:58:10PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
> I'm re-gathering what everyone has said so far. Here's my list so
> far. But there are still a couple missing (chmod/chown) and others
> I'm not 100% sure of (lilo, passwd, chroot).
>
chroot = tchroot (Ch as in Chekhov + root - ther
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Dusty Wilson wrote:
> I'm re-gathering what everyone has said so far. Here's my list so
> far. But there are still a couple missing (chmod/chown) and others
> I'm not 100% sure of (lilo, passwd, chroot).
>
I'll give it a shot. You haven't heard fro
For those interested, a summary...
How I counted:
single opinion rendered +1
multiple pronunciations
offered or commended
by single poster+1 for each
Notes:
Intent of this count is to be descriptive (as she is
spoken) rather than prescriptive (I say
I'm re-gathering what everyone has said so far. Here's my list so
far. But there are still a couple missing (chmod/chown) and others
I'm not 100% sure of (lilo, passwd, chroot).
named = name-dee
pxe = pixie
Debian = deb-ee-un
bind = bynd (like find or whined, not like bindy or windy)
lilo = lie
On Monday, 02.04.2007 at 10:27 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >>> The original poster wanted to know the way most people said common
> >>> Unix/Linux words.
> >>>
> >>> PostgreSQL *is* pronounced "post-gress-ceu-ell" as you keep
> >>> insisting (and with which I am *NOT* disagreeing): however, my
> >
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Michael Pobega wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 07:00:06AM -0400, Max Hyre wrote:
>> cga2000 wrote:
>>> About 20 miles East of the city.
>>Well, more like zero (Queens and Brooklyn are part of both the city
>> and the Island, unless you're talking
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On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 07:00:06AM -0400, Max Hyre wrote:
> cga2000 wrote:
> > About 20 miles East of the city.
>
>Well, more like zero (Queens and Brooklyn are part of both the city
> and the Island, unless you're talking like the locals, to whom
cga2000 wrote:
> About 20 miles East of the city.
Well, more like zero (Queens and Brooklyn are part of both the city
and the Island, unless you're talking like the locals, to whom The City
is Manhattan, and the rest is referred to by borough name) to 120 miles
east. There's a reason they call
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"Dusty Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/1/07, dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I tend to say cheroot, with the hard "ch" sound (like in cherry,
> > > for
> > > > example).
> >
> > I say "shroot"
>
> Okay, what about "chown" and "chmod"? I don't ima
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> My first words were Cum-By-Ya
Well, you just got blocked by millions of spam filters right there.
:-) I've always sung ``coom-by-ya''.
And then again---my spell checker objected to `coom'; its first
option was `cum'. Go figure. (Or, as my daughter says, go th
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>> On 04/02/07 03:19, Dave Ewart wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 01.04.2007 at 16:12 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 04/02/07 03:19, Dave Ewart wrote:
>> On Sunday, 01.04.2007 at 16:12 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>> Most people I know pronounce this "post-gress" (dropping/ignoring
>> the 'SQL' part at the end).
> And that's wrong.
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 08:34:53AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 04/02/07 03:19, Dave Ewart wrote:
> > On Sunday, 01.04.2007 at 16:12 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >
> > Most people I know pronounce this "post-gress" (dropping/ignoring
>
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On 04/02/07 03:19, Dave Ewart wrote:
> On Sunday, 01.04.2007 at 16:12 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> Most people I know pronounce this "post-gress" (dropping/ignoring
> the 'SQL' part at the end).
And that's wrong.
>>> Steady, Ron: don't a
On Sunday, 01.04.2007 at 16:12 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >>> Most people I know pronounce this "post-gress" (dropping/ignoring
> >>> the 'SQL' part at the end).
> >> And that's wrong.
> >
> > Steady, Ron: don't accuse people of being "wrong", when there's a
> > subjective way of pronouncing wor
On 4/1/07, dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tend to say cheroot, with the hard "ch" sound (like in cherry, for
> > example).
I say "shroot"
Okay, what about "chown" and "chmod"? I don't imagine a person says
"shown" and "shmod" but maybe they do? How do you guys say those?
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on Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 11:13:38AM -0500 Ron Johnson wrote:
> I tend to say cheroot, with the hard "ch" sound (like in cherry, for
> > example).
I say "shroot"
>
> And I just verbalize "change root", "change mod", etc...
>
Same here...
Ciao,
Dave
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On 04/01/07 13:28, Dave Ewart wrote:
> On Sunday, 01.04.2007 at 11:19 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>> On 04/01/07 05:37, Dave Ewart wrote:
>>> On Saturday, 31.03.2007 at 16:18 -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
>>>
PostgreSQL = post-gress-cue-ell or ?
>>>
On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 03:18:19PM EDT, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 12:37:30PM -0400, cga2000 wrote:
>
> > Hopefully some UNIX aethnologist (or would that be ethnologist?) will
> > stick a mike in the face of the old meisters and record their idiolects
> > while there's s
On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 12:37:30PM -0400, cga2000 wrote:
> Hopefully some UNIX aethnologist (or would that be ethnologist?) will
> stick a mike in the face of the old meisters and record their idiolects
> while there's still time.
Ethnologist, that's the word I was looking for. All I could thin
"Dusty Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
I'm quite sure to be all alone in this but:
> SQL = ess-cue-ell or sequel
I say, "squirrel"
> MySQL = My-ess-cue-ell (according to an old FAQ on MySQL's site)
This is what I take home to clean/cook after hunting. My squirrel
> PostgreSQL = post-gress-cue-
"Dusty Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
I'm quite sure to be all alone in this but:
> SQL = ess-cue-ell or sequel
I say, "squirrel"
> MySQL = My-ess-cue-ell (according to an old FAQ on MySQL's site)
This is what I take home to clean/cook after hunting. My squirrel
> PostgreSQL = post-gress-cue-
On Sunday, 01.04.2007 at 11:19 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 04/01/07 05:37, Dave Ewart wrote:
> > On Saturday, 31.03.2007 at 16:18 -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
> >
> >> PostgreSQL = post-gress-cue-ell or ?
> >
> > Most people I know pronounce this "post-gress" (dropping/ignoring
> > the 'SQL' pa
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On 04/01/07 05:37, Dave Ewart wrote:
> On Saturday, 31.03.2007 at 16:18 -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
>
>> PostgreSQL = post-gress-cue-ell or ?
>
> Most people I know pronounce this "post-gress" (dropping/ignoring the
> 'SQL' part at the end).
And that
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On 04/01/07 07:38, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:29:31 +0200
> Lubos Vrbka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello Lubos,
>
>> by the way, i would add one more word to the list. how would one
>> pronounce 'chroot'? like see-age-root?
>
>
On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 07:28:51AM EDT, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 10:11:21PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 01:38:06AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
> >
> > Canadian (7th g
On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 08:26:21AM EDT, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 11:35:53PM -0500, cga2000 wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 09:11:21PM EST, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>
> > > When you say "have a nice day", do you pronounce the 'y' at all? Is it
> > > D, or D
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> he points out that each person builds their own language pattern or
> idiolect.
What'd'ju just call me?!! Them thar's fightin' words, Buddy! ;-)
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Lubos Vrbka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Lubos,
> by the way, i would add one more word to the list. how would one
> pronounce 'chroot'? like see-age-root?
I tend to say cheroot, with the hard "ch" sound (like in cherry, for
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On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 02:29:31PM +0200, Lubos Vrbka wrote:
> by the way, i would add one more word to the list. how would one
> pronounce 'chroot'? like see-age-root?
>
I've never talked with someone who knows unix, so I speak it like I read
it. I would call it cherroot. Like the tiny ciga
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 11:24:38PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> Rhymes with "duh" and sounds sooo ignorant sounding.
> >>
> >
> > I agree it sounds pretty stupid, I think G.N.U. would sound better
> > than Guhnoo. And GNOME is obviously smoother than Guhnome, but if
> > that's how the devs m
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 11:35:53PM -0500, cga2000 wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 09:11:21PM EST, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > When you say "have a nice day", do you pronounce the 'y' at all? Is it
> > D, or Di? Dipthongs are there for a reason; they differentiate
> > words when spoke
On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 11:28:51AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 10:11:21PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 01:38:06AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
> >
> > Canadian (7th
Isn't etc just short for etcetera? So wouldn't etcetera be the proper
pronunciation?
yes, it is. i'm not a native speaker, but if i recall correctly, they
have always taught us to pronouce 'etc' as 'and so on', so we didn't use
the original latin words (the same applies to 'e.g.' or 'i.e.').
ho
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 10:39:03PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
>
> > etc = et-see
>
> same.
>
Isn't etc just short for etcetera? So wouldn't etcetera be the proper
pronunciation?
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On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 11:35:03PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 03/31/07 23:35, cga2000 wrote:
> > [snip]
> > >> Not true. Try the lawn-guy-land accent for instance .. has the ugliest
> > >> and most exaggerated diphthongs of any English dialect I have heard.
> >
> > lawn-gu
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 16:18 -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
> MySQL = My-ess-cue-ell (according to an old FAQ on MySQL's site)
> PostgreSQL = post-gress-cue-ell or ?
There's a actually some info on this on Wikipedia,
"MySQL" is officially pronounced as "My Ess Queue Ell" /maɪ ɛs
kjuː ɛ
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 10:11:21PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 01:38:06AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
>
> Canadian (7th generation, North Atlantic [St. Mary's, West Irish,
> Highland Scott] descen
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 11:35:03PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 03/31/07 23:35, cga2000 wrote:
> > [snip]
> > >> Not true. Try the lawn-guy-land accent for instance .. has the ugliest
> > >> and most exaggerated diphthongs of any English dialect I have heard.
> >
> > lawn-gu
On Saturday, 31.03.2007 at 16:18 -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
> PostgreSQL = post-gress-cue-ell or ?
Most people I know pronounce this "post-gress" (dropping/ignoring the
'SQL' part at the end).
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/31/07 23:35, Kent West wrote:
> >> Ron Johnson wrote:
> >>> On 03/31/07 23:35, cga2000 wrote:
> >>> [snip]
> > Not true. Try the lawn-guy-land accent for instance .. has the
> ugliest
> > and most exaggerated diphthongs of any English dialect I have heard.
> >>>
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On 03/31/07 23:35, Kent West wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 03/31/07 23:35, cga2000 wrote:
>> [snip]
Not true. Try the lawn-guy-land accent for instance .. has the ugliest
and most exaggerated diphthongs of any English dialect I have hear
Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/31/07 23:35, cga2000 wrote:
> [snip]
> >> Not true. Try the lawn-guy-land accent for instance .. has the ugliest
> >> and most exaggerated diphthongs of any English dialect I have heard.
>
> lawn-guy-land?
Long Island.
But my question ...
Is / pronounced "root" or "sla
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 11:27:30PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/31/07 21:39, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
> [snip]
> >> SQL = ess-cue-ell or sequel
> >
> > Sequel. SQL was actually a successor to Prequel. So, I think the
>
> No
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On 03/31/07 21:39, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
[snip]
>> SQL = ess-cue-ell or sequel
>
> Sequel. SQL was actually a successor to Prequel. So, I think the
Not true. SQL succeeded SEQUEL.
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On 03/31/07 23:35, cga2000 wrote:
[snip]
> Not true. Try the lawn-guy-land accent for instance .. has the ugliest
> and most exaggerated diphthongs of any English dialect I have heard.
lawn-guy-land?
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On 03/31/07 21:34, Michael Pobega wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 08:43:13PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>
>> On 03/31/07 19:33, Karl Goetz wrote:
>>> Dusty Wilson wrote:
>> [snip]
gnu = new, guh-new, or ?
>>> guh-new (GNU ... is pronounced /guh-n
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 11:48:12PM -0400, Jim Hyslop wrote:
> Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
> >>lilo = lie-lo, lill-lo, lee-lo, or ?
> > First or third. Never heard the second.
>
> Well, if you use the third, do you need to include Sti
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Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
>>lilo = lie-lo, lill-lo, lee-lo, or ?
> First or third. Never heard the second.
Well, if you use the third, do you need to include Stitch?
>>vi = vee-aye or v
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 09:11:21PM EST, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 01:38:06AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
>
> Canadian (7th generation, North Atlantic [St. Mary's, West Irish,
> Highland Scott] descent)
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
>
> named = name-dee
same.
> pxe = pixie
same.
> Debian = deb-ee-inn
Debian is a portmanteau of Deb and Ian (Ian Murdock founded the Debian
project and Debra was his girlfriend, now wife). So, Deb-Ian would be
correct.
> bind = b
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> On 03/31/07 19:33, Karl Goetz wrote:
> > Dusty Wilson wrote:
> [snip]
> >> gnu = new, guh-new, or ?
> > guh-new (GNU ... is pronounced /guh-noo/, approximately like /canoe/."
> > from
On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 01:38:06AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
Canadian (7th generation, North Atlantic [St. Mary's, West Irish,
Highland Scott] descent) southern Ontario dialect follows.
> > daemon = demon, day-mon, or ? [Dee-mo
Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/31/07 19:33, Karl Goetz wrote:
> >> Dusty Wilson wrote:
> [snip]
> >>> gnu = new, guh-new, or ?
> >> guh-new (GNU ... is pronounced /guh-noo/, approximately like /canoe/."
> >> from gnu.org)
> >>> gnome = nome, guh-nome, or ?
> >> to me, guh-nome
>
> Rhymes with "duh" and
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On 03/31/07 19:33, Karl Goetz wrote:
> Dusty Wilson wrote:
[snip]
>> gnu = new, guh-new, or ?
> guh-new (GNU ... is pronounced /guh-noo/, approximately like /canoe/."
> from gnu.org)
>> gnome = nome, guh-nome, or ?
> to me, guh-nome
Rhymes with "duh"
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
Dusty Wilson wrote:
Depending on your stance, this could even be about GNU/Linux ;) (just
speaking of 'correct').
> 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-wor
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