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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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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 11 months ago

zee-shell or zed-shell, depending on dialect

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Sudo - Su-dough

SSH - Es-es-eych (ch like change)

Zsh - Zesh

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] z00s@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Lol now fire ze missiles

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

ZzzzzZZzzsh

Sue-do

Ass-ass-hate

[–] bochy992@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Z-shell sue doe S.S.H

[–] chrand@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 1 points 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)

Spanish or Portugese? Catalan?

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 1 points 11 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

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 1 points 11 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
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

All of these, so far as I know, either are or evolved from Unix tools.

zsh is short for "z shell." A shell is a way to interact with a system via text - a command line interface. There are many including sh (shell), bash (Bourne again shell), fish (no idea what it stands for if anything) and others. I pronounce "zsh" as "zee shell."

ssh is short for "secure shell," a way to access systems remotely that replaced unencrypted remote access methods (hence "secure"). I pronounce this as "ess ess aitch." The last symbol you used looks like a calculus symbol to me.

sudo, depending on whom you ask, could stand for one of a few things; it was preceded by a command called "su" which stood for "super user" or "switch user" because it allowed you to imitate a user other than your own (super user being a user who has few or no permissions restrictions on a system). "sudo" is generally considered to be short for "su do" (whatever you consider "su" to mean) (ie, switch user and do or become super user and do).. I pronounce this one as "pseudo" but I didn't know what it meant when I first learned it. If I had, it's not impossible that I would pronounce it differently.

Caveat: I'm an experienced Linux user, but not an expert. All of the above is generally accurate but I suspect there are many lemmy users who would contest the details.

Hope this information helps!

edit: forgot that it was "fish," not "Phish."

[–] astrsk@kbin.run 1 points 11 months ago

Zee shell, or zish or just each letter ze es aych depends on my mood and if I’m feeling spicy.

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