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

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Zed-shell, soo-dough, s-s-h

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Zed-shell

Why not Zee-shell? Zed's dead.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

filthy american

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Zee shell ist die beste.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Zee sells Zee-shells down by Zee-shore?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

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.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Zally zold zee-zhell by the zea-zhore

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is that how you pronounce it? I always say Zed-S-H

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Less of a tongue twister