Brian 👾

Since JSON is pronounced Jason (this is an undisputed fact), I declare DNS is now pronounced Dennis.

It's not DNS
There's no way its DNS
It was DNS

Becomes....

It is not Dennis
There is no way its Dennis
Yep, it was Dennis

And here is a picture of Dennis in his natural habitat.

Jan 25, 2023 at 3:02pmWeb
Show threadDan Yocum (aka JGluons)Jan 25, 2023
@tecnobrat OMG! 🤣🤣🤣
Show threadBerkubernetusJan 25, 2023
@tecnobrat DNS The Menace
Show threadBrian 👾Jan 25, 2023
@fuzzychef DNS the MNS
Show threadBryan RedeagleJan 25, 2023
@tecnobrat Unless you're in the UK, in which DNS looks like the following:
Show threadPaul Wilde  :dontpanic_nobg:Jan 26, 2023
@redeagle @tecnobrat fun fact about these Dennis the menace-es: both the US and UK versions debuted in the same day (!) despite having, allegedly, no knowledge of each other until the debut date.

I use the phrase "fun fact" rather loosely

and p.s. the UK Dennis the Menace is miles better... he has Gnasher 
Show threadPaul Wilde  :dontpanic_nobg:Jan 26, 2023
@redeagle @tecnobrat and, of course, looking at the two images, which one do you think is going to be more DNS-like? I vote UK Dennis, the US one looks far too well behaved.
Show threadBryan RedeagleJan 26, 2023
@paul @tecnobrat I did know that and would certainly consider it a fun fact. As someone from the US, UK Dennis is definitely more menacing. US Dennis is mostly bad puns.
Show threadPaul Wilde  :dontpanic_nobg:Jan 26, 2023
@redeagle @tecnobrat I must admit my knowledge of US Dennis is fairly limited apart from the film back in the 90's and an, actually pretty good, video game I had on my Amiga 1200.
Is he still published at all? UK Dennis is still everywhere, he's even been on stamps!
Show threadBryan RedeagleJan 26, 2023
@paul @tecnobrat Yes. American comics just keep getting passed on to other authors. Except Garfield, that's been automated by a team of interns for years now. Dennis is not as popular as it once was, but that really applies to most US newspaper comics.
Show threadBrian 👾Jan 26, 2023

@paul @redeagle see .. thats the thing. The US Dennis is more like DNS... where the UK Dennis is straight up chaos engineering!

DNS at least TRIES to do something good.

Show threadAndrew JorgensenJan 25, 2023
@tecnobrat
/me starts pronouncing Jason "Jay-Sawn" because apparently that's how it's said.
Show threadNick Silkey 📻 N5ILK 🪓🪵 🪣💧Jan 25, 2023
@tecnobrat This is gold, Brian. Gold. 👏
Show threadsayrerJan 26, 2023

@tecnobrat maybe the funniest part about Crockford is that he trolls these "interesting debates"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-f4b0G9lo

How To Pronounce JSON by Douglas Crockford 💅 | DevByte

YouTube
Show threadJeromey BalderramaJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat also URL is pronounced “Earl”
Show threadDaniel Fisher (lennybacon)Jan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat @jeromey I actually had a customer who did this.
Show threadcliffJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat
Show threadAirplanista 🇺🇦Jan 26, 2023

@tecnobrat It was Col. WYSIWYG and Captain QWERTY in the parlor with an axe handle.

Am I playing the game correctly?

Show threadCegorachJan 26, 2023

@tecnobrat "Why's the site offline, AGAIN?" - "Because of a Dennis-Problem, as always."

sounds about right!

Show threadLuke Seelenbinder🇨🇭🇪🇪🇺🇸Jan 26, 2023

@tecnobrat This explains *so* much.

The entire internet depends on a mischievous menace to work.

Show threadSörenJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat @denis 🤔
Show threadEd RossJan 26, 2023

@tecnobrat
Reminds me of this fun fact:

"In one of the great coincidences of human history, two completely different comic strips under the name Dennis the Menace debuted in March, 1951"

https://screenrant.com/dennis-menace-us-uk-differences-beano-best-comics/

Show threadpenguin42Jan 28, 2023
@edaross @tecnobrat Oh thank you! That was confusing the heck out of me!
Show threadEd RossJan 28, 2023

@penguin42

You are welcome.
It must have been quite a time in each office when they discovered this.

@tecnobrat

Show threadKlaus SteinJan 26, 2023

@tecnobrat Let me check:
- its a menace
- tries to be helpful, but not always successful
- handling him/it can lead to nervous breakdown
- he/it is the outcome of an architect and a bridge expert
- lives next to a postal carrier
- …

Hm…

Show threadSodomy Non SapiensJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat json should be pronounced jay- son sound so much more sophisticated (thank you raymond hetinger)
Show threadpopeyJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat
When it goes wrong, it's this Dennis. :)
Show threadNathan Arthur (OLD ACCOUNT)Jan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat @[email protected] and my wife insists on pronouncing SQL as “squall” 😂
Show threadJernej Simončič �Jan 26, 2023
@narthur @tecnobrat @uep No, no, the proper pronunciation is squirrel.
Show threadDenis Jan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat It wasn't me 😅
Show threadMans RJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat MDNS is pronounced "madness."
Show threadGeert UytterhoevenJan 26, 2023
@mansr @tecnobrat Oh, what fun we had!
Show threadZipkidJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat
Show threadDaniel 🏳️‍🌈 Jilg Jan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat ugh another Dennis problem. We’re just waiting for Dennis to propagate 🙄🙄
Show threadLuck Goddess 🌒🌕🌘 (They/She)Jan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat on a fun note, on the 2.5 admins podcast they usually say "deenis" when talking about DNS lol
Show threadYsegrimJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat Flashback to the times I had to discuss JSON responses of an API with a coworker named Jason, and deep learning models with a coworker called Deep …
Show threadWade McGillisJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat @0xabad1dea jason? i've always pronounced it jay-sawn. jason sounds weird.
Show threadMaddler  Jan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat I second that!!! I'm gonna use that on all my diagrams from now on!
Show threadDr. Matt LeeJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat @macumbamacaca https://social.mat.tl/@mattl/109412210711082078
Dr. Matt Lee 🐀:verified: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image It’s Always DNS in Philadelphia

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Show threadLauraJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat let's also say Hatep for HTTP then
Show threadMans RJan 28, 2023
@codingcatgirl @tecnobrat Not hat-tip?
Show threadLauraJan 28, 2023
@mansr @tecnobrat also very good
Show threadRyusuiJan 26, 2023

@tecnobrat Press X to JSON.

Exits are north, south, and DNS.

Show threadPaul Bauer 🇮🇱Jan 26, 2023

@tecnobrat

How about pronouncing (and writing) "WSL" as "weasel"?

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-01/msg00462.html

WSL

Show threadJason BockJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat As a Jason....no.
Show threadLee Edwin CourseyJan 26, 2023
@tecnobrat I always thought it was pronounced Denise.
Show threadAndrew CowieJan 27, 2023
@tecnobrat You vandal. Next you'll be telling people that the language used to query relational databases is pronounced "Sequel".
Show threadAsymmetricblueJan 27, 2023
@tecnobrat oh no! This is going to be stuck in my head now the same way I think of @shanselman saying “shush” for SSH!
DNS is such a menace sometimes!
Show threadvga256Jan 28, 2023
@tecnobrat dns the menace = correct.
Show threadMike MolJan 28, 2023

@tecnobrat I feel like "Dennis" should be the name of any DNS implementation that does not pay attention to reliability or correctness. It doesn't _try_ to corrupt data, but it doesn't actively avoid it. It doesn't _try_ to crash, but it doesn't actively avoid it.

(Actually, that sounds like a lot of code--and people--I've seen online.)

Show threadJanJan 28, 2023
@tecnobrat It's always DNS.
Show threadJL Johnson Jan 28, 2023
@tecnobrat @vmstan oops. My people have taught me Jay-sOn
Show threadAaron has movedJan 28, 2023
@tecnobrat
I think @JoeRess and the rest of the 2.5 admins already clarified that it should be pronounced "dee-nis"
Show threadMike StoneJan 30, 2023

@aaron If I recall correctly, @JoeRess actually posted the mucky jpg of "dee-nis" in it's natural habitat.

@tecnobrat

Show threadStan Stewart aka muz4nowJan 28, 2023
@tecnobrat Thank goodness.