Pronounce correctly
But when "echo $ value;" read as "echo valuy" - this is no longer funny. Another person may simply not understand you, especially a foreigner.
The topic contains a small list of "complex" words that are often pronounced incorrectly.
It’s better to focus not on my (very approximate) transcription, but on audio.
♫ - listen to the pronunciation in the dictionary
► - listen to the pronunciation on youtube
Let's start with the names :
| Abbyy | abi | ► | ||
| Adobe | edouby | [əˈdəʋbɪ] | ♫ | |
| Apache | epeci | [əˈpætʃiː] | ► | from a-patchy |
| Asus | official Jesus Amer. eisus | ► | ||
| Benq | Benquew | ♫ | ||
| Cisco | CISCO | [ˈSɪskoʊ] | ♫ | |
| Ebay | ibei | ♫ | ||
| Eee pc | and pisi | ► | ||
| Ethernet | isernet | [ˈIθərˌnɛt] | ♫ | |
| Itanium | itainium | [aɪˈteɪniəm] | ► | |
| Juniper | juniper | [ˈDʒunəpər] | ♫ | |
| LaTeX | Lateich Latech Latech Latek | [ˈLeɪtɛk] ['leɪtɛx] [ˈlɑːtɛx] [ˈlɑːtɛk] | ||
| Linux | official linex var. Linux | [ˈLɪnəks] [ˈlɪnʊks] | ► | |
| Mac OS X | Mack Ouch Ten | ► | ||
| MySQL | official may-es-ky-el var. may sequel | ► | like "My Ess Que Ell", see of. website | |
| nginx | eng x | ► | (from engine-x) | |
| PuTTY | party | [ˈPʌtɪ] | see of. website | |
| Qt | kit | [kyut] | cm. | |
| Tex | the tech | [ˈTɛx] [tɛk] | not tex | |
| Xbox 360 | ex-boxing free siskty | ♫ | ||
| Xen | zen | [ˈZɛn] | ♫ | |
| Xeon | zion | ♫ | ||
| Xerox | zyrox | [ˈZɪərɒks] | ♫ | |
| Xilinx | zailinks | [ˌZaɪliːŋks] | ► | |
| Zyxel | Russian Zaiksel Amer. zayazel | ► | cm. |
Abbreviations :
| GNU | wildebeest | ► | var. rot | |
| Gwt | guit | [ˈꞬwɪt] | ||
| ICANN | aiken | ► | ||
| IEEE | ai triple | ► | like "I triple E" | |
| ISO | aiso | ► | ||
| PNG | ping | [ˈPɪŋ] | ♫ | like ping, see specification |
| Pxe | pixies | [ˈPɪksi] | ► | |
| Rup | brine | ► | ||
| SCSI | tell me | ['skʌzi] | ♫ | |
| SOAP | Soup | [soʊp] | ► | |
| SQL | esq el | [ˈƐsˈkjuˈɛl] | neofits. Shikuel | |
| Swf | swif | [ˈSwɪf] | see specification | |
| WYSIWYG | visivig | [ˈWɪziˌwɪg] | ♫ | |
| Xaml | zaml | [ˈZæməl] | ► | |
| Xul | zul | [ˈZuːl] | ||
| Yii | long “and” | [ji:] | ► |
Usually abbreviations are pronounced according to the rules of the English language: API - hey-pei-ay, PCMCIA - pee-si-em-si-ah-hey, OpenBSD - open-bi-es-di, etc.
Some words are “traps” (they are written similarly, but sound completely different):
| administrator | adminminute | [ædˈmɪnəˌstreɪtər] | ♫ | |
| archive | archive | [ˈⱭrkaɪv] | ♫ | |
| bash | bash | [bæʃ] | ♫ | |
| binary | bayneri | [ˈBaɪnəri] | ♫ | |
| browser | browser | [ˈBraʊzər] | ♫ | for some reason, they say "browser" |
| caution | koshen | [ˈKɔʃən] | ♫ | |
| certificate to certificate | certificate certificate | [sərˈtɪfɪkɪt] [sərˈtɪfɪˌkeɪt] | ♫ | certify certificate |
| data | data | ['deɪtə] | ♫ | but you can say "date" |
| dial-up | dile up | [ˈDaɪəlˌʌp] | ♫ | |
| echo | ecow | [ˈƐkoʊ] | ♫ | not echo and not echo |
| else | els | [ɛls] | ♫ | |
| error | err | [ˈƐrər] | ♫ | better listen |
| etc | et setere | [ɛt ˈsɛtərə] | ♫ | |
| function | funkshen | [ˈFʌŋkʃən] | ♫ | |
| geo | gio | [ˈDʒiːəʊ] | ♫ | e.g. geotargeting - geotargeting |
| header | header | [ˈHɛdər] | ♫ | |
| height | hight | [haɪt] | ♫ | |
| install | instol | [ɪnˈstɔl] | ♫ | |
| issue | amer. ish brit. Isoy | [ˈꞮʃuː] ['ɪsjuː] | ♫ | |
| module | majul | [ˈMɒdʒul] | ♫ | |
| multi- | malti | [mʌltɪ] | ♫ | |
| practice | praxis | [ˈPræktɪs] | ♫ | |
| private | privet | [ˈPraɪvɪt] | ♫ | |
| procedure | prestige | [prəˈsiːdʒə] | ♫ | |
| queue | kew | [kyu] | ♫ | |
| query | quieri | [ˈKwɪəri] | ♫ | |
| register | register | [ˈRɛdʒəstər] | ♫ | |
| router | amer. router brit. ruther | [ˈRaʊtər] [ˈrutər] | ♫ | |
| server | server | [ˈSɜrvər] | ♫ | better listen |
| sign | sayn | [saɪn] | ♫ | |
| source | sors | [sɔrs] | ♫ | |
| spawn | spon | [spɔn] | ♫ | |
| suite | suite | [swiːt] | ♫ | |
| technical | teknickel | [ˈTɛknɪkəl] | ♫ | |
| tunnel | tanl | [ˈTʌnl] | ♫ | |
| viewer | viewer | [ˈVyuər] | ♫ | |
| virtual | Werchual | [ˈVɜrtʃuəl] | ♫ | means not only “virtual”, but also “actual”, “in essence” |
| warning | vorning | [ˈWɔrnɪŋ] | ♫ |
PS If you know more difficult words or found errors in the post, please describe in the comments.
PPS Thank you for all the valuable comments and new words!