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.
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.
I’m Aussie so I feel like the proper way to say zsh is as you described, but it just feels cumbersome, so I say “zoosh”
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.
Zed-shell, soo-dough, s-s-h
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.”
Is that how you pronounce it? I always say Zed-S-H
zsh: “Z shell”
ssh: S-S-H
sudo: I always think of it as “pseudo”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
Zee shell, sue dough, s s h
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.
Always the former. It’s a short form if regular expression, not rejular expression. But I don’t really judge others for their chosen pronunciation, as long as it’s understandable.
'Nam flashback to the Gif/Jif pronouciation wars.
Zee shells See shells
by the awk soo-doo
for the sed reg-seks.I know that may sound harsh, but experience doesn’t qualify here. You even may have introduced your doctrine to others!!
:)
To provide something to the discussion, here are the common sounds from Germany:
ZETT-ESS-HAH!
SS-HAH!
Su-Doh
'awk (from Hawk) or AHH-WEE-KAAH!!
SETT or even ESS-EH-DEH.
People knowing that it can be named as “superuser do” still say su-Doh. Then on the other hand, dont ask about REH-DU!
“Zee shell”
“Sue doo”
“Ess ess aitch”
Zee Ess Aitch
Ess Ess Aitch
Psuedo
Sue-doo is weird and unnatural.
I know a guy that says ess-you-doo
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”
For me, zsh is pronounced “bash.”
(One-upping your “full controversy,” LOL)
Haha I was waiting for this one!
I always read it as zed ess heych
i always call it zee, but only for zsh. It’s zed for any other purpose
fish: fish
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.
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.
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
