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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

For the C/C++ nerds: Clang. There are still many people pronouncing it "Cee-lang".

[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wait but...but that means I'm supposed to pronounce it like the sound of slamming metal doors? but it's for the C language!

am I seriously getting gif'd again?

[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why is it pronounced gif when it should be pronounced jif? It's so much clearer when you say jif! AND YES, I DO SAY GIRAFFICS! AAHHH!!

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 points 9 months ago

What about "Jay-feg"? The Joint Photographic Experts Group.

[–] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There is probably lots of stuff like that in coding. Href could be “huref, and it took me a while to realize that it was ‘em’ and not just ‘m’ after hearing it.

[–] rooster_butt@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

URL pronounced Earl

[–] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Charset like charamander.

[–] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sequel server grinds my gears.

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Wait until you hear stuhd, that's how we agreed to pronounce std because "ess tee dee" would have been awkward.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Well fsck that.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I like pronouncing numpy so that it rhymes with lumpy just to make people uncomfortable.

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That's how I've always read it...

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Lol at my job someone referred to "E T C" and I was completely baffled until he actually typed it out, /etc... I just call it "ets" because it's short for "et cetera"...

[–] ytg@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago

Squeal server even more