Ok, going for full controversy here. zsh = “zoosh” ssh = “shoosh” sudo = sue-dough
Before you achktually me, I know it’s supposed to be “sue-DO”, because the acronym stands for “superuser do”, but for the life of me, when I see those letters together it just seems wrong to pronounce it that way.
Zed-shell, soo-dough, s-s-h
For me, zsh is pronounced “bash.”
(One-upping your “full controversy,” LOL)
Haha I was waiting for this one!
When I first saw
sudoI assumed it was pronounced “pseudo” because it lets you fake like you’re doing stuff as another user. So that has stuck for me. (And despite all evidence, I still low-key believe it’s a clever pun encompassing both that and the official “superuser do.”)Yeah. I totally thought this too. That’s why I was stubborn about it. 🙄.
On a more serious note. I love this lol.
zsh: “Z shell”
ssh: S-S-H
sudo: I always think of it as “pseudo”For ZSH and SSH I just speak the letters: Z-S-H, S-S-H. Sudo as
“SUE-do”“SUE-doo”.One I wonder about is xrandr. I say “EKS-rand-ur”, have heard others say “eks-R-and-R”.
edit: for sudo long vowel. Also I tend to stress the H in ZSH and SSH.
Even though it’s only one extra syllable, “eks-R-and-R” just sounds awkward. I definitely go with “EKS-rand-ur”
I have also always said eks-rand-ur. Not heard eks-R-and-R
ZSH = Zee-shell
SSH = S-S-H
SUDO = Sue-dough
KornShell = Aaaarrre you readyyyyyyyyy!As a former IT guy, I got used to just saying “secure shell” every time I saw SSH, to help teach my younger IT folks the lingo. I don’t even say the acronym anymore. When I did, I just spoke the letters (es-es-aich).
Same for ZSH; I just call it Z-Shell (zee-shell).
Sudo has always been “soo-doh” (or “sue-dough” as OP spelled it; same pronunciation). I’ve never met anyone who pronounced it differently in my 20 years of IT work.
That’s interesting because any time this comes up online I see scores of people claiming that it MUST be pronounced “Sue Doo”, but literally never heard anyone say that IRL either
Zsh: “Zed shell” or “Zee shell” (depends)
SSH: spelt out S-S-H (both in English and in my native language)
sudo: like “sumo wrestler” only with a “d”
Zee shell
Sue dough
Ess ess aitchThat said, I have no problems changing my pronunciations if I find the creators or whatever said, “Actually, it’s pronounced <like this>.”
I never read it out loud, but in my mind it’s always “zeesh”
sudo is just pseudo and ssh is just the 3 letters
Zeesh sounds like something Amy from Futurama would say
I always read it as zed ess heych
I know it’s not consistent but I read them like zsh = zee shell, ssh I spell out “s s h”, sudo I say /ˈsuː.doʊ/. or “soo dough”
Zeesh. Rhymes with sheesh!
Zee Ess Aitch
Ess Ess Aitch
Psuedo
Sue-doo is weird and unnatural.
I know a guy that says ess-you-doo
fish: fish
