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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] 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I just pronounce them as I should do in my native language.

ZSH: zé-es-há /zeːɛʃhaː/

SSH: es-es-há /ɛʃɛʃhaː/

sudo: sudó /ʃudoː/ (with ʃ(sh) and long o at the end - this is a rule in my language, every o at the end of a word must be long, with two exceptions)

I say them like this (in my head) even if I read english text.

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

Having no idea what they mean, I'd go with a direct phonetic pronunciation:

  • zsh = zish or zĭsh
  • shh = shh, sh, or ʃ
  • sudo = sü-dō or sue-dough
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

All of these, so far as I know, either are or evolved from Unix tools.

zsh is short for "z shell." A shell is a way to interact with a system via text - a command line interface. There are many including sh (shell), bash (Bourne again shell), fish (no idea what it stands for if anything) and others. I pronounce "zsh" as "zee shell."

ssh is short for "secure shell," a way to access systems remotely that replaced unencrypted remote access methods (hence "secure"). I pronounce this as "ess ess aitch." The last symbol you used looks like a calculus symbol to me.

sudo, depending on whom you ask, could stand for one of a few things; it was preceded by a command called "su" which stood for "super user" or "switch user" because it allowed you to imitate a user other than your own (super user being a user who has few or no permissions restrictions on a system). "sudo" is generally considered to be short for "su do" (whatever you consider "su" to mean) (ie, switch user and do or become super user and do).. I pronounce this one as "pseudo" but I didn't know what it meant when I first learned it. If I had, it's not impossible that I would pronounce it differently.

Caveat: I'm an experienced Linux user, but not an expert. All of the above is generally accurate but I suspect there are many lemmy users who would contest the details.

Hope this information helps!

edit: forgot that it was "fish," not "Phish."

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

I say zsh, s s h, and sudo. But I'm Finnish and we're literal folk language wise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ah but do you say it "Sue Doo" or "Sue dough"?

But I'm Finnish

Wait... Linus?

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

Zee shell, soo-doo, S-S-H.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

At work we all pronounce zsh “zish” like dish but with a z.

sudo is sue-doo, not sue-dough or pseudo

SSH is just s-s-h

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