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How do you pronounce zsh? Sudo? Ssh? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by z00s@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] thouartfrugal@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Even though it's only one extra syllable, "eks-R-and-R" just sounds awkward. I definitely go with "EKS-rand-ur"

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have also always said eks-rand-ur. Not heard eks-R-and-R

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

Technically it stands for “rotate and rescale” or something like that.