Ok, going for full controversy here. zsh = “zoosh” ssh = “shoosh” sudo = sue-dough

Before you achktually me, I know it’s supposed to be “sue-DO”, because the acronym stands for “superuser do”, but for the life of me, when I see those letters together it just seems wrong to pronounce it that way.

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    3 months ago

    When I first saw sudo I assumed it was pronounced “pseudo” because it lets you fake like you’re doing stuff as another user. So that has stuck for me. (And despite all evidence, I still low-key believe it’s a clever pun encompassing both that and the official “superuser do.”)

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      Yeah. I totally thought this too. That’s why I was stubborn about it. 🙄.

      On a more serious note. I love this lol.

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    3 months ago

    For me, zsh is pronounced “bash.”

    (One-upping your “full controversy,” LOL)

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    For ZSH and SSH I just speak the letters: Z-S-H, S-S-H. Sudo as “SUE-do” “SUE-doo”.

    One I wonder about is xrandr. I say “EKS-rand-ur”, have heard others say “eks-R-and-R”.

    edit: for sudo long vowel. Also I tend to stress the H in ZSH and SSH.

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    I enjoy your pronunciation! I’ve been using Linux primary for nearly 20 years now. Here’s my list:

    Command Phonetic
    zsh zee shell or zed-ess-aitch
    ssh ess-ess-aitch
    sudo soo-doo
    awk awk
    sed sed
    regex reg-eks
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      3 months ago

      For you, is it ‘reG-eks’ or ‘reJ-eks’? I know it should absolutely be the former, but my brain tells me to say the latter when I read it.

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      I know that may sound harsh, but experience doesn’t qualify here. You even may have introduced your doctrine to others!!

      :)

      To provide something to the discussion, here are the common sounds from Germany:

      ZETT-ESS-HAH!

      SS-HAH!

      Su-Doh

      'awk (from Hawk) or AHH-WEE-KAAH!!

      SETT or even ESS-EH-DEH.

      People knowing that it can be named as “superuser do” still say su-Doh. Then on the other hand, dont ask about REH-DU!

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    3 months ago

    For me (UK):

    zsh = zed ess aitch

    sudo - exactly the same as “pseudo”

    ssh = ess ess aitch

    I’m not alone in this, it’s only what all of my colleagues say.

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      I’m Aussie so I feel like the proper way to say zsh is as you described, but it just feels cumbersome, so I say “zoosh”

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    3 months ago

    Well, achktually SUDO stands for “substitute-user do.” The default action just happens to be the super user, but you can substitute any user.

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      TIL

      I’ve never used Linux with more than one user (me) so the thought never crossed my mind

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    Zee shell
    Sue dough
    Ess ess aitch

    That said, I have no problems changing my pronunciations if I find the creators or whatever said, “Actually, it’s pronounced <like this>.”

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    Sue-dough & s-s-h here. Can’t speak to zsh yet, haven’t actually talked about it w/ others yet. How about /etc/? Sometimes I call it “e-t-c” but others I say “etsee”

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      I say etsy because I think I heard some Linux YouTubers call it that back in the day and it just stuck

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    As a former IT guy, I got used to just saying “secure shell” every time I saw SSH, to help teach my younger IT folks the lingo. I don’t even say the acronym anymore. When I did, I just spoke the letters (es-es-aich).

    Same for ZSH; I just call it Z-Shell (zee-shell).

    Sudo has always been “soo-doh” (or “sue-dough” as OP spelled it; same pronunciation). I’ve never met anyone who pronounced it differently in my 20 years of IT work.

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      That’s interesting because any time this comes up online I see scores of people claiming that it MUST be pronounced “Sue Doo”, but literally never heard anyone say that IRL either

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    Word IPA Notes
    sudo sʏː.doʔ short u (though my accent pronounces it a bit differently); then ‘do’ (as in the note) followed by a glottal stop
    zsh ziː.esː.ejtʃ z-s-h spelled out
    ssh esː.esː.ejtʃ s-s-h spelled out
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      I’m relative sure SQL is a backronym for Sequel, and Microsoft had to change the name and wanted to keep the pronunciation. But ess Quall is my favorite so far, that’s amazing

      The original name SEQUEL, which is widely regarded as a pun on QUEL, the query language of Ingres,[14] was later changed to SQL (dropping the vowels) because “SEQUEL” was a trademark of the UK-based Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Engineering Limited company.[15] The label SQL later became the acronym for Structured Query Language.

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        I think you’re right about the SEQUEL to SQL backformation but why would Microsoft enter into it at all?

        The naming and origin of SQL happened back in the 70s, long before Microsoft did its work on porting Sybase to OS/2 in the late 80s.

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      I thought it was just “sequel”? Like that was the official pronunciation? Or is there not an accepted “official” pronunciation?

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        I think it is, or at least thats what I call it in my regular day to day. But calling it es Qual is fun

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      Thanks to The Primeagen, I’ve recently become fond of pronouncing it /skwiːl/

      Y’know: Squeal, Squeal-lite, Pee-squeal, etc.

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      Haha sounds like some kind of exotic spanish fashion brand. “Who am I wearing? Oh, it’s es Quaal.”

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    3 months ago

    ZSH = Zee-shell
    SSH = S-S-H
    SUDO = Sue-dough
    KornShell = Aaaarrre you readyyyyyyyyy!