Does anyone know of any good sites that have pronounciations for tech terms and products? I'm in an argument with my friend and need something to prove this one way or another.
Or you could try Dictionary.com. They tend to be pretty good with keeping up to date on tech terminology.
What is the term, incidentally?
Funny enough, today in my Java class someone asked the teacher when we were supposed to provide an "earl" for an image. No one knew what he was talking about... he then said "you know, like http..." and we realized that he was pronouncing URL phonetically. Strange, I've never heard anyone do that before.
I've heard people refer to URL as "earl" before. Surprised you haven't.
And TiBook would HAVE to be "TyeBook," as the Ti is short for "Tietayneum," and it's a spin-off of "EyeBook."
As far as Linux goes, I've heard it half and half both ways. I don't think it really matters, although "Lyenux" sounds better in Red Hat Linux. At least I think so.
The word that's always confused me is Radeon. Is it "Raid-on," "Raid-ey-on," or "Radd-ey-on?" I don't have one, so why should I care, right?
Linux was created by and named after Linus Torvalds. That's "lie-nus". There can be only one pronunciation of Linux. Unless he pronounces his name "lih-nus".
I left part of the Dictionary.com entry out, here it is:
Quote:
The pronunciation /lee'nuhks/ is preferred because the name "Linus" has an /ee/ sound in Swedish (Linus's family is part of Finland's 6% ethnic-Swedish minority).
So I suppose the proper pronunciation is lee-nuhks, like they say.
Linux was created by and named after Linus Torvalds. That's "lie-nus". There can be only one pronunciation of Linux. Unless he pronounces his name "lih-nus".
I've wondered about the pronunciation of "GIF". Is it pronounced like "give" (except with an "f" sound rather than "v"), or is it pronounced like JIFF (like the peanut butter)? I say it like "give" and will never change how I pronounce it but I've wondered about that. I guess everyone should just switch to using PNGs instead of gifs to ease some confusion. Better format anyways.
I pronounce GIF with a hard G (like give). Check out this link for an amusing comment on this (sort of) (it's defintely amusing, just sort of on this topic)
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(yeah, I'm a jerk) heh
Or you could try Dictionary.com. They tend to be pretty good with keeping up to date on tech terminology.
What is the term, incidentally?
Funny enough, today in my Java class someone asked the teacher when we were supposed to provide an "earl" for an image. No one knew what he was talking about... he then said "you know, like http..." and we realized that he was pronouncing URL phonetically. Strange, I've never heard anyone do that before.
Linux(dumb, I know)
I say: lin -ucks
He says: line-uks
Chimera
I say: Kie-mera
He says:Chi-mera
TiBook
I say: TieBook
He says: TeeBook
My friend is a moron.
Of course, I got a C- in English, so....
Edit: And I suck at spelling!
Linux: lin (as in lint) uks (as in yucks): lin-uks
Chimera (aka Chimaera): ky (as in by) mir (as in pier) uh (as in duh): ky-mir-uh
Alternately: ki (as in kiss) + mir-uh: ki-mir-uh
TiBook is a made up word and it's subjective. I say it "Tie-Book" though, like "Tie Fighter"
And TiBook would HAVE to be "TyeBook," as the Ti is short for "Tietayneum," and it's a spin-off of "EyeBook."
As far as Linux goes, I've heard it half and half both ways. I don't think it really matters, although "Lyenux" sounds better in Red Hat Linux. At least I think so.
The word that's always confused me is Radeon. Is it "Raid-on," "Raid-ey-on," or "Radd-ey-on?" I don't have one, so why should I care, right?
that was so stupid
Originally posted by tonton
Linux was created by and named after Linus Torvalds. That's "lie-nus". There can be only one pronunciation of Linux. Unless he pronounces his name "lih-nus".
I left part of the Dictionary.com entry out, here it is:
The pronunciation /lee'nuhks/ is preferred because the name "Linus" has an /ee/ sound in Swedish (Linus's family is part of Finland's 6% ethnic-Swedish minority).
So I suppose the proper pronunciation is lee-nuhks, like they say.
Originally posted by tonton
Linux was created by and named after Linus Torvalds. That's "lie-nus". There can be only one pronunciation of Linux. Unless he pronounces his name "lih-nus".
I agree. If it were mine it would be Scoux
Originally posted by Luca Rescigno
I say it "Tie-Book" though, like "Tie Fighter"
yes, you called?
http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronuncia...says-linux.wav
Originally posted by Luca Rescigno
So I suppose the proper pronunciation is lee-nuhks, like they say.
Originally posted by stupider...likeafox
This is how Linus pronounces his own name and 'Linux':
http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronuncia...says-linux.wav
stupider's audio find confirms in the Linux god's own voice that Luca supposed correctly.
This thread smacks of Jag-wire?
Escher
Originally posted by stupider...likeafox
This is how Linus pronounces his own name and 'Linux':
http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronuncia...says-linux.wav
He doesn't know what he's talking about