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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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[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

zsh: ĵ
ssh: "ssh bby is ok"
sudo: like sumo wrestling

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

😂 10/10 for style

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Zush rhymes with kush in my head. But out loud I say the letters because I think zush probably isn't how you're supposed to say it

Soo-dough (dough like the stuff you knead)

Es-es-aych

Oh also, I've found myself pronouncing the normal English word "gnome" as "guh nome" now because that's how the DE is pronounced lol

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 3 months ago

zee-shell or zed-shell, depending on dialect

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
  • Zee shell
  • Sue dough
  • Ess ess aych
  • Sequel
  • Jif
  • Double U double U double U dot
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[–] vortexal@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

I've always pronounced sudo the same way that the sudo part of sudowoodo is pronounced. I actually used to think it was an obscure Pokemon reference when I first started using Linux but both Linux and sudo itself Predate Pokemon.

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] z00s@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Lol now fire ze missiles

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There is entirely too much dough in this thread (/j).

I pronounce it staccato:
s'ú . d'ó

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

ZzzzzZZzzsh

Sue-do

Ass-ass-hate

[–] bochy992@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Z-shell sue doe S.S.H

[–] chrand@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Zee shell, soo-doo, S-S-H.

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I just pronounce them as I should do in my native language.

ZSH: zé-es-há /zeːɛʃhaː/

SSH: es-es-há /ɛʃɛʃhaː/

sudo: sudó /ʃudoː/ (with ʃ(sh) and long o at the end - this is a rule in my language, every o at the end of a word must be long, with two exceptions)

I say them like this (in my head) even if I read english text.

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Spanish or Portugese? Catalan?

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nah, the continent is OK, but a bit more to the east

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

French? Or eastern Europe?

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I say zsh, s s h, and sudo. But I'm Finnish and we're literal folk language wise.

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ah but do you say it "Sue Doo" or "Sue dough"?

But I'm Finnish

Wait... Linus?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

No. If they want to call it sue doo or sue dough, they should have written that. :)

I also pronounce Linus Linus.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Having no idea what they mean, I'd go with a direct phonetic pronunciation:

  • zsh = zish or zĭsh
  • shh = shh, sh, or ʃ
  • sudo = sü-dō or sue-dough
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[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Zed ess aitch

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Zsh - za-sh (like bash)

Ssh - s-s-h

Sudo - sue-do

Awk - aw-k (like the hawk but no h)

Cat - c-a-t

Chmod - ch-mod (ch like change and mod like model)

Mkdir - m-k-dir

Vim - vim

Vi - v-i

Journald - journald (like journal and the d like Harold)

Sed - sed

Man - maan

[–] GayHitler420@lemy.lol 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Only correct answer is whatever theprimeagen says

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ok, thanks for the info GayHitler420 🫡

Just out of curiosity, are there 419 other gay Hitlers out there, or is that just a weed reference? 'Cause I don't know if I could deal with that many gay Hitlers running around.

I mean, just to be clear, it's the Hitler part and not the gay part that bothers me. And the weed part is cool with me too, but it would be hard to be a Hitler if you're just chillin on weed every day.

It would be extremely difficult to conquer the Sudetenland if you had the munchies constantly.

[–] GayHitler420@lemy.lol 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Man, don't worry I'm changed man. Now I'm conquering countries in my head while I'm high from 20 kg of weed and 2 tons of pure medical cocaine.

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Good for you, GayHitler, good for you

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