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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    3 months ago

    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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    3 months ago

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

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    Zsh: “Zed shell” or “Zee shell” (depends)

    SSH: spelt out S-S-H (both in English and in my native language)

    sudo: like “sumo wrestler” only with a “d”

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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