Keep in mind these are American, Canadian, and British preferences.
Recently someone else had the same idea. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/petecheslock_another-friday-another-episode-of-how-activity-7065372491879178240-Ufr8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
| Thing | How to Say It |
|---|---|
bash |
“bash” |
zsh |
z-s-h, “zed shell” (some say “zeeesh”, but omg) |
csh |
c-s-h |
sh |
Be precise: POSIX, Bourne, Dash, Ash, Bash Shell |
ssh |
”s-s-h” (never ever “shhh”) |
SQL |
“sequel” or s-q-l |
PostgreSQL |
“postgress-q-l” |
SQLite |
“sequel-lite” |
/etc |
“slash” e-t-c |
gif |
who the hell knows |
TCL |
t-c-l or “tickle” |
JSON |
“jay-sawn” |
YAML |
“yaml” |
ECMAScript |
e-c-m-a-“script” |
vi |
v-i |
vim |
“vim” |
nvi |
n-vi-i (which is not NeoVim, btw) |
neovim |
“shit” (it’s a joke) |
emacs |
“eee-macs” |
lua |
“loo-ah” |
k8s |
“kubernetes” |
QT |
q-t (not “cute”) |
KDE |
k-d-e |
oauth |
o-“auth” |
Gnome |
“no-mm” (like “lawn gnome”) |
GNU |
“guh-noo” |
Linux |
“lin-ux” (as in “linen” or Linus Torvaldz pronounced in Finnish) |
GNU/Linux |
just say “Linux” (it’s not Gnome/Linux, etc.) |
bin |
“bin” |
src |
“source” |
Jupyter |
“jupiter” |
ASCII |
“ass-kee” |
ANSI |
“an-see” |
SCSI |
“skuzzy” |
cache |
“cash” |
LaTeX |
“lay-tek” |
JavaScript |
“jah-ve script” |
unicode |
“u-nee-code” |
BSD |
“b-s-d” |
FreeBSD |
“free-b-s-d” |
GUI |
“gooey” |
TUI |
“terminal-u-i” |
CLI |
c-l-i |
UX |
u-x |
UI |
u-i |
UEFI |
u-e-f-i |
USB |
u-s-b |
ricing |
means to make a terminal or rig or desktop look cool |
kubectl |
“cube c-t-l” |
IOPS |
“eye ops” |
etcd |
“etsy dee” |
toml |
“TOM-el” (Tom made it) |