Zed-shell, soo-dough, s-s-h
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Zed-shell
Why not Zee-shell? Zed's dead.
filthy american
Zee shell ist die beste.
Zee sells Zee-shells down by Zee-shore?
It’s “zed” because Brits know that it came from “zeta,” which has no “d” in it. That’s also why they don’t say “ay bee see dee eee eff jee”, they say “al bed cam del epp dye gam.”
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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.")
Yeah. I totally thought this too. That’s why I was stubborn about it. 🙄.
On a more serious note. I love this lol.
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.
Even though it's only one extra syllable, "eks-R-and-R" just sounds awkward. I definitely go with "EKS-rand-ur"
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zsh: “Z shell”
ssh: S-S-H
sudo: I always think of it as “pseudo”
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 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 |
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.
Like gif
lol. Well played.
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Well, achktually SUDO stands for "substitute-user do." The default action just happens to be the super user, but you can substitute any user.
TIL
I've never used Linux with more than one user (me) so the thought never crossed my mind
Zed shell.
Pseudo.
Ess ess aitch.
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 ."
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”
I guess I’m in the minority here calling it “et cetera”
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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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| 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 |
ZSH = Zee-shell
SSH = S-S-H
SUDO = Sue-dough
KornShell = Aaaarrre you readyyyyyyyyy!
Its fun to talk about SQL pronunciation as well.
I am a fan of “ess Quaal”
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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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"
Zee shell, sue dough, s s h
“Zee shell”
“Sue doo”
“Ess ess aitch”
I don't pronounce them at all, because that would require friends in the real world
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I know it's not consistent but I read them like zsh = zee shell, ssh I spell out "s s h", sudo I say /ˈsuː.doʊ/. or "soo dough"
I never read it out loud, but in my mind it's always "zeesh"
sudo is just pseudo and ssh is just the 3 letters
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fish: fish
zee-shell or zed-shell, depending on dialect
Sudo - Su-dough
SSH - Es-es-eych (ch like change)
Zsh - Zesh
Zed-s-h.
s-s-h
Su-doo
Sue dough
I say "zeesh". Like "sheesh" with a z.
Es-es-eych
Zed-es-eych
sue-dough
slash-et-see
user-bin-env
Zeesh. Rhymes with sheesh!
I use vie in the zeeshell to edit my suedooers file.
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