cajuncoon Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 pronounce linux as Lye nux but i do say lean nux alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightballx Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 I definately say OS - EX, It sounds cool! And i say cashay fro cache for some reason... i am weird! By the way, im English so i have no problem pronouncing words properly. -=eightballx=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydog Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 ok then... how do u pronounce linux? and cache? never know how to use those two words in real speech lol <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Lin-ucks Caysh or cash (I prefer caysh) As for OS X, I always think of it as it is written, ie. oh es ex, but Steve Jobs says 'oh es ten' and I guess he'd know which is correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJP Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Mac OS Ex ofcourse, sounds much cooler. And i say Lin-Ucks. I mean that what it says right, Linux, it's not like there standing lynux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightballx Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Oh yeh i say Lin-Ucks, thats is the way it is said! Everyone i know says lin-ucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxxdigital Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 If it is Mac OS 10 (10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4,.... 10.9) what when it upgrades to Mac OS 11? Will it be Mac OS XI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudane Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 How the hell did this poll get so.... wrong? Jobs himself has stated more times than I care to remember that the correct pronunciation is "Mac OS Ten" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Jobs Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 How the hell did this poll get so.... wrong? Jobs himself has stated more times than I care to remember that the correct pronunciation is "Mac OS Ten" <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes. Take it from me, it's "Mac OS Ten" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prog Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 1. Lin-ix 2. Cash <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Correct. For anyone that's seen Revolution OS, you know how Linus Torvalds pronounces it, which is, of course, lin-ix, as stated above. "Cash" is also correct, as can be proven by visiting www.dictionary.com. I know that some of you are just used to saying "OS EX" and pronouncing Linux and cache incorrectly, but it is wrong to say it any other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffyDuck Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Smirk on, my friend. Smirk on. I used to refer to it as OS-eX, as in 'the Ex-OS', until it hit 10.2, at which point it became marginally usable. Once it hit Panther, it can be proudly refered to as 'OS 10'. Besides eliciting smirks from Mac users, you're really just shining the light on your apparent ignorance to simple things, like being able to read latin numerals... Yes, unjustified impression, but no different than considering southern people (US) to be unintelligent. Your choice, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest terry Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I read something the other day that told the correct way to say OS "X," but I think it's wrong. Do you say it as "X" or "10?" Neither nor. "NeXTSTEP 6". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_broccoli Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 OS the tenth. Just like Malcom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFran Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 depends on my mood... but usually, I don't say it, I write it (btw, i just voted X as I remember that when I say it in french I always say 10) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffyDuck Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I definately say OS - EX, It sounds cool!And i say cashay fro cache for some reason... i am weird! By the way, im English so i have no problem pronouncing words properly. Apparently, that is not so. By the way, it doesn't sound cool - it makes you sound, well, uneducated... I know that some of you are just used to saying "OS EX" and pronouncing Linux and cache incorrectly, but it is wrong to say it any other way. Not necessarily wrong - everyone has the right to make a fool of themselves, or to illustrate their level of illiteracy. Neither nor. "NeXTSTEP 6". Oh, look, Mom, a neanderthal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 LOL i didn't know X means ten in roman, like mac os9 > mac os10 I say Mac OS X (Ex) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelogic Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 hehe I dont care HOW you all say it as long as you dont ever, ever, ever, verbalize "Microsuck" or anything other variant of that garbage. It's almost as bad as overhearing my younger cousing talking to his friend and then sayings "Jay Kay" (j/k) I wanted to punch him in the throat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prog Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 hehe I dont care HOW you all say it as long as you dont ever, ever, ever, verbalize "Microsuck" or anything other variant of that garbage. It's almost as bad as overhearing my younger cousing talking to his friend and then sayings "Jay Kay" (j/k) I wanted to punch him in the throat <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There's nothing wrong with doing that (saying "jay kay"). He was just exploring the functionality of our language. No matter if you consider it "n00b" or stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest terry Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Oh, look, Mom, a neanderthal... How did you know? Actually I LIVE down in that Duesseldorf/Wuppertal area. Wonderful place, even though it is very close to one of Germany's foremost industrial centers. http://www.planet-wissen.de/pics/IEPics/in...neandertal2.jpg http://www.geoakademie.de/AGH1_of-Dateien/...nderthal_gr.jpg http://www.med.uni-duesseldorf.de/ISHE2005...1ObenRechts.jpg http://butthead.ton.tut.fi/~jukka/suomi/de...tschland_40.jpg http://butthead.ton.tut.fi/~jukka/suomi/de...tschland_41.jpg http://butthead.ton.tut.fi/~jukka/suomi/de...tschland_49.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Kid Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 I say OS 10.. but what do I know, I would use Tiger or Jaguar or what ever the code name is but who would know what i mean? I choke on saying OS 9 cause my other computer uses the real OS 9. that one confuses me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelogic Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 There's nothing wrong with doing that (saying "jay kay"). He was just exploring the functionality of our language. No matter if you consider it "n00b" or stupid. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sure, there might be nothing wrong with it, but I still would have liked to hit him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhLilDoggi Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 hehe I dont care HOW you all say it as long as you dont ever, ever, ever, verbalize "Microsuck" or anything other variant of that garbage. It's almost as bad as overhearing my younger cousing talking to his friend and then sayings "Jay Kay" (j/k) I wanted to punch him in the throat Microsuck Windows (offtopic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kujila Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I say OS X ("ex") and everyone I've ever known has said it OS X ("ex")... I had never ever heard it called OS "10" before reading this topic =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefffromdc Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 jeez, i had no idea i was wrong about calling it os x... everyone i've ever met has called it that, dang. and http://www.safalra.com/science/linguistics...nustorvalds.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opieum Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 I think the reason they used roman numeral X (10) is because it looked cool. For the real smart people out there it appealed to them because it was a classic way of thinking the "old" way of seeing numbers. for others they think hey that LOOKS cool but I know what it means cause I used OS 9. And then there are people who didnt even know there was an OS 9 and just say HEY that is a cool sounding name. OS X (as in the letter). I think it is just super smart advertising. They got it together with the advertising. So if they call it OS 10 then so it is when verbalized BUT when written out it just looks damn cool to call it OS X. See? Smart guys those marketing people are in Cupertino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLux Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 I say Mac OS X 10.4.2 Tiger, for exemple (Mac OS ex ten dot four dot two Tiger) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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