How do you pronounce things?

[runningwithscissors]

unix = yoo-nix
linux = linnuks
xmms = x--m-m-s
gaim = game
gnu = g-n-u
vim = vim
nvi = n-v-i
ssh = s-s-h
gentoo = jen-too
fsck = f-s-c-k
GUI = g-u-i
suse = suzi (yeah, I know it is supposed to be soo-suh)
mysql = my-s-q-l
etc = e-t-c
GNOME = gnome (those little buggers in children's stories)
Ubuntu = Oo-boon-too (have always spoken it that way, as U is pronounced as 'oo' at the start of most words in my native tongue)
postgresql = postgres-q-l
nmap = n-map

As a general rule, I do not try to twist anything into a pronounced word unless it obviously appears to be one.
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[Phenax]

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[nighty]

i say the letters no matter how many times cs people will tell me otherwise. i refuse to make animal sounds everytime i want to explain to people why this OS has advantages

[numerodix]

[Phenax]

If you've got any friends who use GNU/Linux, or work in a related business, you often have to use it.

[numerodix]

[tomk]

Merged from here.
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[nighty]

if you are in a university studying engineering it will come out more than average. i mean most people will ask me what gcc means because many have to use it.

[aidy]

i say guhnoo
tis cute

[nighty]

since you shared a belgian proverb with us recently ill just note that there is this common saying in hebrew (the rhiming is lost in translation)-
to argue about ones taste or smell with another is futile.

[aidy]

yeahwel we have tons of that in dutch too

[R.Smith]

I'm somewhat bored so I thought I'd join in:

Linux = Lin-ucks or lie-nucks. Depends what the other person calls it.
Linus = Lin-us or Lie-nus.
GNU = Guh-noo.
GNOME = Gnome. (As in the garden variety. Silent 'G'. I know this is wrong.)
KDE = K.D.E.
UNIX = You-nix.
Gedit = Gedd-it.
Char = Car.
Evince = E. vince.
Gaim = Game.
gFTP = G. F.T.P.
Ubuntu = Ooo-bun-two.
Gentoo = Jen-two.
Portage = Port-idge or port-arje (similar to 'Taj' in Taj Mahal or mirage).
fsck = Like 'frisk' but without the 'r' and the 'i'.
SSH = S.S.H.
TTY = T.T.Y.
mime = Like pantomime.
/emul = Em-ull.
/etc = Etcetera.
/mnt = Mount.
/opt = Like optical.
/proc = Like crocodile.
/sbin = S. bin.
/srv = Serve.
/usr = User.
/var = Var, like car.
/ = Root.
fstab = F. stab.
MySQL = My S.Q.L.
Postgresql = Post-gree-S.Q.L.

! = Exclamation mark.
" = Speech marks or quotes.
£ = Pound.
$ = Dollar.
% = Percent.
^ = Carret.
& = Ampersand.
* = Star.
() = Brackets.
- = Dash or hyphen.
_ = Underscore.
= = Equals.
+ = Plus.
{ = Brace.
[ = Square bracket.
: = Colon.
; = Semi-colon.
@ = At.
' = Apostrophe.
~ = Tilde (say til-duh).
# = Hash.
<> = Less-than and greater-than.
, = Comma.
. = Full-stop or dot in URL's.
? = Question mark.
/ = Forward-slash or root when talking directories.
| = Pipe.
\ = Back-slash.
` = Don't know.
¬ = Don't know.

[hillie]

Linux is pronounced Li-nooks .. as in the Li from linen and the rest from nook (nook and cranny, etc.)

That is the proper Finnish pronunciation as given by Linus himself, the linnicks thing is the american accent version and of course acceptable

but what I hate is when people say Lie-nucks.
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[NotQuiteSane]

MySQL: My Ess Que Ell
linux: Lin-ucks
! Bang
@ at
# "That damm ward I can never remember"
$ Strings
^ Superscript
& Ampersand
* star
( begin parentheses
) end parentheses
± Plus or Minus
¢ cent
£ pound
¥ yen
÷ Divide
" quote
| pipe
/ slash
\ back slash
vi Vee-Eye
SSH ess ess ach
GNU new
Gnome: Anoying
KDE: "If I effin wanted Windows I'd run Windows!"
Gentoo: Jen-too
zsh: Zee-ess-ach
~ tilde
NFS: En-ef-ess
/etc: slash-e-te-see
/usr: user
/usr/src: user-slash-source

And of course:

Things: Th-ing-Z

NQS
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