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Official pronunciation? #9

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ChildishGiant opened this issue Jan 28, 2020 · 2 comments
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Official pronunciation? #9

ChildishGiant opened this issue Jan 28, 2020 · 2 comments

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@ChildishGiant
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Some FOSS projects with odd names have a pronunciation in the readme. Either using IPA or sounding it out like err-seen-a

@clayboone
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This is how I pronounce it. The "err" part is like the "-rrr" part of "Lrrr from Omicron Percia 8" rather than in "To err is human..." And the "-a" sounds more like the "uh" verbal pause than the first part of the word "eight."

Seconded for "rrr-seen-uh."

I'd also be okay with "rrr-sihn-uh" with a soft i, but English idioms suggest pronouncing it the first way.

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I spoke with an English-native British national at work about this and his first attempt was the second variant in my previous comment: the one with the soft i.

@pokepetter How do you feel about "rrr-sihn-uh" for inclusion somewhere in the readme's or docs?

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