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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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 15 points 8 months ago

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

[-] djsoren19@yiffit.net 10 points 8 months ago

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 8 months ago

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 8 months ago

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

[-] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

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 8 months ago
[-] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Charset like charamander.

[-] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Sequel server grinds my gears.

[-] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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 8 months ago

Well fsck that.

[-] waz@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 8 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 8 months ago

Squeal server even more

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