I'm bored so how do you pronounce the following:

1) Revecom: Rev-E-Com or Rev-Com
2) MySQL: My-Es-Q-El or My-Sequel
3) Linux: Lih-Nux or Li(extended i)-Nux
4) Warez: WhereZ or Whar-Ez

Feel free to post some other ones...lets see all your responses :)

Originally posted by teck
I'm bored so how do you pronounce the following:

1) Revecom: Rev-E-Com or Rev-Com

Since it's supposed to evoke thoughts of E-Commerce; Rev-E-Com.

2) MySQL: My-Es-Q-El or My-Sequel

Go to the source. My-Es-Q-El. The documentation says so.

3) Linux: Lih-Nux or Li(extended i)-Nux

Again, from the horse's mouth, Linus (who pronounces his name like "Linnis") says it's Lih-Nux.

4) Warez: WhereZ or Whar-Ez

WhereZ. It's just a kewl spelling of wares, as in plural of software.

Originally posted by JayC

2) MySQL: My-Es-Q-El or My-Sequel

Go to the source. My-Es-Q-El. The documentation says so.


I used to call it My-Es-Q-El all the time. But everyone else pronounced it My-Sequel. I was right all along! :stickout

I used to call it My-Es-Q-El all the time. But everyone else pronounced it My-Sequel. I was right all along!
Oooooohhhhh. I can't tell you how much that bugs me! I REFUSE to say it that way.:angry:
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as in my-see-quel...won't do it
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I've got to get a life:bawling:

I prefer My-Squill :D

The look of disgust on my propeller hat friends is well worth it

I also make sure to pronouce BeOS as B-E-O-S

Just when I think they can't hate me any harder I start to talk about Charlie Brown's friend Linus, and how someone must have been crazy to name an operating system after him, when Microsoftware is so much better.

Hehe, teeth grinding yet?

Greg Moore

Oh, here's a good one:
Gnutella

Oops, I forgot to say how I call it:

1) Revecom: Rev-E-Com or Rev-Com

Rev-Com

2) MySQL: My-Es-Q-El or My-Sequel

My-Es-Q-El (although roommate calls it My-Sequel)

3) Linux: Lih-Nux or Li(extended i)-Nux

Lih-Nux

4) Warez: WhereZ or Whar-Ez

WhereZ

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I also used to say B-E-O-S for like 2 weeks until I changed it to Be-O-S.

Originally posted by sbrad
Oh, here's a good one:
Gnutella

I had trouble saying this at first. I was trying something along the lines of:

Guh-New-Tella

But after reading more about the project, I found out they took it from that yummy chocolate so then I started saying:

New-Tella

What about "Gnome" (the GUI)? I've always pronounced it like the name of those funny little people that live under my bed (silent G), but I've heard it pronounced "G-nome" (so that the G isn't silent, obviously taken from "GNU" (G-Nu)). Any idea?

Some more on the way..


How does one pronounce 'Suse'

Se-u-say

or Soose ?.


is XP just 'ex-pee' or can there be more interesting pronounciations/expansions ?.

Cheers

Matra

Gnome:

Always said Geh-Nome but after hearing a few people, I say G-Nome.

As for SuSE, I say Soose. I will not say it any other way :)

Originally posted by sbrad
Oh, here's a good one:
Gnutella

Aloha
isnt that that chocolate hazlenut spread ???

way off subject sorry
but it is so Funny in a sad way when people try to pronounce Hawaiian words that they see or try to tell you where they are staying some strange stuff comes out
as long as you try to respect the language you are ok ;)