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.
Zed-shell, soo-dough, s-s-h
When I first saw
sudoI 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)
Haha I was waiting for this one!
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”
I have also always said eks-rand-ur. Not heard eks-R-and-R
Technically it stands for “rotate and rescale” or something like that.
zsh: “Z shell”
ssh: S-S-H
sudo: I always think of it as “pseudo”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.
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
ZSH = Zee-shell
SSH = S-S-H
SUDO = Sue-dough
KornShell = Aaaarrre you readyyyyyyyyy!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
Ess ess aitchThat said, I have no problems changing my pronunciations if I find the creators or whatever said, “Actually, it’s pronounced <like this>.”
I always read it as zed ess heych
i always call it zee, but only for zsh. It’s zed for any other purpose
I never read it out loud, but in my mind it’s always “zeesh”
sudo is just pseudo and ssh is just 3 letters
Zeesh sounds like something Amy from Futurama would say
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 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.
I think you’re right about the SEQUEL to SQL backformation but why would Microsoft enter into it at all?
The naming and origin of SQL happened back in the 70s, long before Microsoft did its work on porting Sybase to OS/2 in the late 80s.
Cuz I’m an idiot and hadn’t yet had coffee :)
I thought it was just “sequel”? Like that was the official pronunciation? Or is there not an accepted “official” pronunciation?
I think it is, or at least thats what I call it in my regular day to day. But calling it es Qual is fun
Haha sounds like some kind of exotic spanish fashion brand. “Who am I wearing? Oh, it’s es Quaal.”
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”
Zee Ess Aitch
Ess Ess Aitch
Psuedo
Sue-doo is weird and unnatural.
I know a guy that says ess-you-doo
