@Edent It's so funny that people get worked up over it!
@popey Oh, don't I know it. I learned it as "etsy" and I get lots of 🌟 engagement 🌟 from it!
somewhat cursed
@vkc "ec cetera"
@vkc "excetera" like excedrin
Yes, this is me.
I have cured myself of the espresso disaster, but etc is usually pronounced with some extra cursed letters, for flavour.
Although the more I read the word, the closer to 'et-cuh' I am getting, interestingly (to me at least), only for the directory path, the usage in a sentence to imply a continuance of similar themed items is still 'exc-eter-uh'.
@vkc Ha. Results of this might change as the USA wakes up. Expecting "et-see" to make a late dash for the finish line as the day moves on.
@mackaj Yup, that's exactly my suspicion. I'm firmly of the et-see persuasion myself.
@vkc That's how my american colleagues pronounce it. First time I ever heard that (a very long time ago) was in a classroom where they'd shipped in a course tutor from the US. It created quite a stir 😆
@vkc et cet last one without era
@LottieVixen I like that because it's short!
@vkc yeah its why I use it :D I dunno where I got it from but it's stuck with me
(it might be an Australian shortening I'm not sure)
ooh, I like it so much I'm considering going a step further and using just the first syllable, "ets" with the 'e' as in 'met'
to go along with at @ hash # splat * and bang !
I welcome proposals to obscurely shorten other 'nix-ish things ;-)
(no lie I've seen people get salty about the use of 'dunder' in Python & while I'm totally on board with working to minimize it in introductory material without explanation, or otherwise as a gatekeeping shibboleth, the vehemence has rocked me at least once)
@vkc nobody has to vocalize system folder names, they are for reading/writing only
@aur_plygu @vkc of course I agree. I meant it as a joke, apparently stupid :)
@vkc Nominally, like "et cetera" in Latin, but I call it "ets" a not-insignificant amount of the time.
@vkc I voted "et-cetera" but I am a monster and say it how I say that word when abbreviated: "Et-cuh".
@vkc I say et-see because this is the go-go-go 21st century and I’ve got no time for ee-tee-cee or et-cetera.
@vkc I’ve also got no time for Peter Cetera but that apropos of nothing.
@vkc None of the above.
@vkc this needs to be a multiple choice poll, because: yes, those are exactly how i pronounce it.
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@vkc my way is a dying breed
@vkc I did originally say "et cetera" when I first encountered it, but having been exposed to do many "et-see" people in the intervening years I notice I just kinda accidentally started saying that. 🙃
@vkc When talking to other ppl, usually the first, sometimes the last; but in my head, it's just "ets"
@vkc I say my /etc like I say my SQL, my TCP, my USB, and my ISO.
I once had a nephew at a Thanksgiving who was like, “Oh yeah? Well I can do them in order! ABCDEFGH…”
@pop_justy "sequel", "tickpuh", "oosebuh", and "eyeso". Got it! 😜
@pop_justy I did know someone who pronounced TCP/IP as "tick-pip" and I thought it was kinda fun.
@pop_justy @vkc How'bout skazee? You forgot skazee! (SCSI)
@vkc Okay so now I’m curious as to how UDP/IP would be pronounced.
Udip-pip?
@vkc the y at the end of etsy I don't pronounce as long in etc as etsy
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Wi)
@vkc I want to pronounce it et-cee but for now I don't. Trying to retrain myself
@vv I've always heard it as "et-see" when I was learning Linux admin, and it just kinda stuck for me. Someone mentioned "et-cet" as an alternative and I think I really like that- might have to retrain myself!
@vkc I wonder what the age breakdown of this is. I'm 48, and in the do minority in votes so far, et-see.
@vkc “eck” for me
@vkc I just pronounce it like eckt in my head but I know it’s et cetera
@vkc i say ect
@vkc pronounced ekt
@vkc have heard it being said like etsy...but not from where i come and i find it cool...so when i pretend to be cool...
@vkc btw, your videos are awesome...and so are you. have a nice day..or two.
@vkc That one is tricky. I'm not sure I pronounce it consistently. I think I even say "ets" sometimes, which doesn't even make sense. 😆
@vkc option 4: et'k
@vkc Et Cetera. It’s a big directory full of stuff. There was never a plan to have all the config files in one place, so they just got shoved in the “stuff” folder. See also: /usr used to be where the user home directories were kept in the original Unix implementation but the disk filled up because they kept putting programs and libraries in there (/usr/bin, /usr/lib) so the homes got moved to /home on a new disk and it stuck
The Unix hierarchy was congealed rather than designed.
@vkc Whichever one has the least votes, use that in future videos. You'll get more 🌟 engagement 🌟 - as people correct your pronunciation in comments. :D