You’re saying it wrong: How to say oft-mispronounced tech terms

Enlarge / Eye Oh Ess. (credit: Aurich Lawson)

Is it iOS "eye-oh-ess" or "eye-oss"? Is it Linux "Lie-nux" or "Lih-nux?" How about sudo: is it really "sue-doo" for "superuser, do!" or has the more popular "sue-doh" population won out? In this article, you'll find the answers to each of those and several more-along with some perspectives on terms that aren't so clear-cut.

Here's the background: we invited our readers last week to share examples of common tech terms that people frequently pronounce incorrectly or of terms about which there is widespread disagreement regarding the correct pronunciation.

We gave a few examples that came up within the Ars team to get the conversation started and promised a follow-up wherein we'd research the correct pronunciation for each term-including both our examples and reader suggestions-and settle the score.

Read 55 remaining paragraphs | Comments