Comments on: This is How You Pronounce Ubuntu http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu grep understanding Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:15:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Name http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-243996 Name Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:48:13 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-243996 <p>Wrong: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H0zl2-VThE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H0zl2-VThE</a></p> Wrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H0zl2-VThE

]]> By: Your Mom http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-243981 Your Mom Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:16:11 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-243981 <p>1.n<br>2.i<br>3.g<br>4.g<br>5.e<br>6.r</p> 1.n
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]]> By: buy r4i http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-243849 buy r4i Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:04:05 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-243849 <p>Wow interesting!Ubuntu is a version of the open source Linux operating system. Ubuntu tries to combine enterprise-class stability, while still giving users access to the latest software applications and making it easy for new users to start using Linux.I have been using it since one month and its great experience working with.I love it.Its so easy to understand all functionalities as Windows OS.Its really a powerful OS.</p> Wow interesting!Ubuntu is a version of the open source Linux operating system. Ubuntu tries to combine enterprise-class stability, while still giving users access to the latest software applications and making it easy for new users to start using Linux.I have been using it since one month and its great experience working with.I love it.Its so easy to understand all functionalities as Windows OS.Its really a powerful OS.

]]> By: Roberson Carlos http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-243693 Roberson Carlos Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:23:30 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-243693 <p>in google translate have a audio exemple: <a href="http://translate.google.com/#af%7Cen%7Coo-boon-too" rel="nofollow">http://translate.google.com/#af|en|oo-boon-too</a></p> in google translate have a audio exemple: http://translate.google.com/#af|en|oo-boon-too

]]> By: shawn http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-242286 shawn Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:40:33 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-242286 <p>well nevermind that one lol</p> well nevermind that one lol

]]> By: shawn http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-242285 shawn Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:39:58 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-242285 <p>off the point but steff-fen would be spelled stephen, not steven.</p> off the point but steff-fen would be spelled stephen, not steven.

]]> By: shawn http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-242284 shawn Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:39:11 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-242284 <p>i agree, the new show Goode Family kills me it has a character named ubuntu but its pronounced uh-bun-too. kills me every time, i want to smash the t.v.</p> i agree, the new show Goode Family kills me it has a character named ubuntu but its pronounced uh-bun-too. kills me every time, i want to smash the t.v.

]]> By: Dom http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-242262 Dom Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:53:19 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-242262 <p>What about local pronunciation? I'm Australian, and I say rout-er, day-ta and zed-bra. The difference here is that this is a foreign word, that has been given an explicit pronunciation (oo-boon-too)</p> What about local pronunciation? I'm Australian, and I say rout-er, day-ta and zed-bra. The difference here is that this is a foreign word, that has been given an explicit pronunciation (oo-boon-too)

]]> By: car loan modification http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-240591 car loan modification Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:31:13 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-240591 <p>Debt is a prison. Although my credit card debt is manageable and I’m paying very little interest, I feel like I’m in chains because of it. Recently, I’ve been losing sleep, thinking of it when I wake up in the night.</p> Debt is a prison. Although my credit card debt is manageable and I’m paying very little interest, I feel like I’m in chains because of it. Recently, I’ve been losing sleep, thinking of it when I wake up in the night.

]]> By: JP http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-216412 JP Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:10:37 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-216412 <p>Linux</p> <p>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1061159908534146317&q=Linux</p> <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2pGnBzMbZY&feature=related</p> Linux

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1061159908534146317&q=Linux

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2pGnBzMbZY&feature=related

]]> By: BCBGMAXAZRIA could use some spaces in its name http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-204709 BCBGMAXAZRIA could use some spaces in its name Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:28:36 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-204709 <p>"To all the people who talk about this as a regional dialect issue - this doesn’t apply to proper names! Linux is LIH-nux no matter where you go."</p> <p>Uh ... what? How about Stephen? It can be pronounced Stee-ven or Steff-fen.</p> <p>Anyway, I emphasize with the author in a way. Take karaoke for example -- While it's officially in the English dictionary as kar-ee-OH-kee, it drives me insane to hear it pronounced that way. In Japanese, it's roughly "kah-rah-oh-keh".</p> <p>So who knows? Maybe if there's enough people saying "you-bun-too", that'll end up being the official pronunciation listed next to the term "Ubuntu" in the dictionary.</p> “To all the people who talk about this as a regional dialect issue – this doesn’t apply to proper names! Linux is LIH-nux no matter where you go.”

Uh … what? How about Stephen? It can be pronounced Stee-ven or Steff-fen.

Anyway, I emphasize with the author in a way. Take karaoke for example — While it’s officially in the English dictionary as kar-ee-OH-kee, it drives me insane to hear it pronounced that way. In Japanese, it’s roughly “kah-rah-oh-keh”.

So who knows? Maybe if there’s enough people saying “you-bun-too”, that’ll end up being the official pronunciation listed next to the term “Ubuntu” in the dictionary.

]]> By: Sam http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-197165 Sam Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:49:25 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-197165 <p>To all the people who talk about this as a regional dialect issue - this doesn't apply to proper names! Linux is LIH-nux no matter where you go.</p> <p>My wife's name is Lauren (LAW-ren), yet some people try to say LOR-en. This is a completely different name (Loren). Wash-Warsh is regional. LIHnux-LIEnux is ignorance.</p> <p>As far as "polluting" Digg/Reddit/etc... geez you people have your heads up your asses.</p> To all the people who talk about this as a regional dialect issue – this doesn’t apply to proper names! Linux is LIH-nux no matter where you go.

My wife’s name is Lauren (LAW-ren), yet some people try to say LOR-en. This is a completely different name (Loren). Wash-Warsh is regional. LIHnux-LIEnux is ignorance.

As far as “polluting” Digg/Reddit/etc… geez you people have your heads up your asses.

]]> By: TrentG http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-196282 TrentG Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:44:20 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-196282 <p>This is all the fault of the people who choose Ubuntu as the name for the distro. If they had chosen something that sounded like it matched the spelling, and something at least somewhat aesthetically pleasing, not only would we not be having this conversation, but the distro would be selling a lot better too.</p> <p>Seriously, do you really think Windows would have been dominant for so long if it had been called "Podigak"?</p> This is all the fault of the people who choose Ubuntu as the name for the distro. If they had chosen something that sounded like it matched the spelling, and something at least somewhat aesthetically pleasing, not only would we not be having this conversation, but the distro would be selling a lot better too.

Seriously, do you really think Windows would have been dominant for so long if it had been called “Podigak”?

]]> By: thginot http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-190083 thginot Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:01:07 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-190083 <p>Great post. Nice to know what the Ubuntu site has to say.</p> <p>Too bad about the flames, reminds me of "Back to School", Whoever <em>did</em> write this doesn't know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut!</p> Great post. Nice to know what the Ubuntu site has to say.

Too bad about the flames, reminds me of “Back to School”, Whoever did write this doesn’t know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut!

]]> By: Adstiger http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-165121 Adstiger Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:02:50 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-165121 <p>Where is my comment? I just posted it. Who delete it???</p> Where is my comment? I just posted it. Who delete it???

]]> By: Adstiger http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-3#comment-165117 Adstiger Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:54:48 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-165117 <p>What I want to know is how many people know the correct pronunciation of the distro, Ubuntu. I'll bet not many. Being from South Africa and also the region Southern Africa where the word comes from, I know how it must be pronounced. </p> <p>Ooboontoo ... for the English tongue.</p> What I want to know is how many people know the correct pronunciation of the distro, Ubuntu. I’ll bet not many. Being from South Africa and also the region Southern Africa where the word comes from, I know how it must be pronounced.

Ooboontoo … for the English tongue.

]]> By: Blaine http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-2#comment-159864 Blaine Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:23:57 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-159864 <p>Excellent article Daniel.</p> <p>You have defended your points beyond sufficiency. It's incredible how many people are too inconsiderate and lazy to pronounce "names" the way the owners request.</p> <p>People who won't take the trouble to speak correctly do give an impression of being uneducated, inconsiderate or lazy when surrounded by people who generally do take the trouble.</p> Excellent article Daniel.

You have defended your points beyond sufficiency. It’s incredible how many people are too inconsiderate and lazy to pronounce “names” the way the owners request.

People who won’t take the trouble to speak correctly do give an impression of being uneducated, inconsiderate or lazy when surrounded by people who generally do take the trouble.

]]> By: bbm http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-2#comment-150033 bbm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:00:10 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-150033 <p>I think there's a slight flaw in the arguement: the way "oo-boon-too" is pronounced in American is still different to how it's pronounced in English (or isiXhosa even).</p> I think there’s a slight flaw in the arguement: the way “oo-boon-too” is pronounced in American is still different to how it’s pronounced in English (or isiXhosa even).

]]> By: Alan Pope http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-2#comment-136522 Alan Pope Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:28:36 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-136522 <p>Someone just pointed this post out to me. I'm the guy mentioned in comment #2. I pronounce Ubuntu "oo-bun-tu" and I flat out don't care if you don't like it. </p> <p>Grammar, spelling and pronunciation zealots are just as bad as operating system zealots, they don't further the cause, they just get peoples backs up.</p> Someone just pointed this post out to me. I’m the guy mentioned in comment #2. I pronounce Ubuntu “oo-bun-tu” and I flat out don’t care if you don’t like it.

Grammar, spelling and pronunciation zealots are just as bad as operating system zealots, they don’t further the cause, they just get peoples backs up.

]]> By: Andrew http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-2#comment-114904 Andrew Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:51:24 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-114904 <p>Don't know if this was mentioned but what's the big deal on how you say it? My brother and I say it one way, but our friends say it different, but all that matters is that we USE it. Isn't that what Ubuntu is here for in the first place?</p> <p>My brother and I are "you-bun-tu" guys.</p> <p>We have friends that go every which way on the pronunciation.</p> <p>Just my $.02 on the subject.</p> Don’t know if this was mentioned but what’s the big deal on how you say it? My brother and I say it one way, but our friends say it different, but all that matters is that we USE it. Isn’t that what Ubuntu is here for in the first place?

My brother and I are “you-bun-tu” guys.

We have friends that go every which way on the pronunciation.

Just my $.02 on the subject.

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]]> By: aksn1p3r http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-2#comment-90926 aksn1p3r Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:54:47 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-90926 <p>As a South African, I'm glad the world didn't Americanise or Anglicize the word Ubuntu! :) It means togetherness</p> As a South African, I’m glad the world didn’t Americanise or Anglicize the word Ubuntu! :) It means togetherness

]]> By: Gabriel http://danielmiessler.com/blog/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu/comment-page-2#comment-90413 Gabriel Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:37:31 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/this-is-how-you-pronounce-ubuntu#comment-90413 <p>As for OSX: Roman digits are used for ordinals (1st, 2nd, 3rd...), not cardinals (1, 2, 3..). So, very sorry, even Apple is wrong - it should be called Mac OS Tenth!</p> As for OSX: Roman digits are used for ordinals (1st, 2nd, 3rd…), not cardinals (1, 2, 3..). So, very sorry, even Apple is wrong – it should be called Mac OS Tenth!

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