pmpatrick Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Is there a correct way of prounouncing the various linux filenames, commands such as etc, fstab ,fsck, usr? I can't imagine there is given linux is so international. Anyway here's some of mine: etc - et cee or etcetera fstab - f s tab (I know someone who always uses "fast tab" which started this whole thing) fsck - f sack or f s check usr - user (never heard different) sbin - s bin var - as in the first sylable of "variable" mnt - mount tmp - temp I'm curious as to what others use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Have no idea what is correct, but I have been using something different for three of those, fstab = f stab (goes along with m tab) fsck = f suck (5 letter variant of a similiar 4 letter word) var = var (rymes with bar) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 fsck = fsck (yes, i pronounce it fsck) var and fstab i pronounce as scoopy does, the rest the same as you, pmpatrick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza9814 Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 etc - e t c fstab - f stab fsck - never actually pronounced it...probably would just use fisk (fish with a k instead of h) sbin - s b i n mnt - mount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 etc - etcetera fstab - f stab fsck - f s check usr - user sbin - s bin var - as in the first sylable of "variable" mnt - mount tmp - temp I pronounce chmod as 'CHEE mod' and chown as 'CHEE own' (dunno why). I know someone who pronounces chmod as 'commode'...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sttroopers Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 I pronounce chmod as 'CHEE mod' and chown as 'CHEE own' (dunno why). I know someone who pronounces chmod as 'commode'...lol I've heard that one pronounced as "check mod". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 I have actually wondered about linux pronunciations too - but more along with prog names, though... such as gedit... I call it gee edit, but I wonder if others call it ged it (with a hard g) or jed it. I don't talk linux with anyone in person, so I've never actually heard linux words pronounced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdg Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 etc - etcetera fstab - f stab fsck - f sack usr - user sbin - s bin var - like "bar" mnt - mount tmp - temp shp - sheep :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 weird - I always assumed var stood for "various", so I always pronounce "var" to rhyme with "air", like Steve does. More ppl seem to rhyme it with "bar" though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nggalai Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 (edited) Hi there, that's how I pronounce them, probably hugely incorrectly. ;) etc - etcetera or e-t-c fstab - f-s-tab, sometimes f-stab usr - u-s-r (doesn't have anything to do with "user" AFAIK, at least I never associated it with "user") sbin - s-bin var - var, a as in "par" mnt - mount tmp - temp initrd - init-r-d 93.rb Edited June 3, 2004 by nggalai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 etc - just 'et' fstab - f s tab or sometimes just tryin to say itas 1 word, fssstab fsck - fss-uck - one word usr - user sbin - s bin var - like bar mnt - mount tmp - temp What's *Really* frustrating is trying to help a noob on the phone "Ok, browse to root, then usr --" "im in root but theres no user" "no no, not /root, i mean just plain /" "oh ok, theres still no user" "try u - s -r" "oh k, yep." What about vi? v-eye iphitus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngmug Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I believe usr used to stand for "Unix System Resources" and so has nothing to do with users. etc - et c fstab - f s tab (or sometimes f stab if I am feeling violent) fsck - f s c k (sometimes, fs check) mnt - mount sbin - s bin tmp - t m p usr - u s r var - var (rhyme with bar) - It really should rhyme with air, since it is various/variable, etc. But this is English, the language where spelling doesn't indicate pronunciation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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