TimAug 6, 2024

"systemctl is pronounced..."

This is for SCIENCE, so please boost if you feel so inclined!

(If you don't use systemctl, please substitute with any *ctl tool you do you use, or how you WOULD say it if you did. sysctl, kubectl, launchctl, ioctl, etc.)

"system ctl"
48.6%
"system control"
31.4%
"system cuddle"
8.6%
...you people say these out loud?!
11.4%
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Show threadTimAug 7, 2024

To clarify without editing the poll, option 1 should be written "system SEE TEE ELL".

I hope that was apparent, but should have been clearer.

Show threadGary V. VaughanAug 8, 2024
@penryu You didn't have an option for me... I say 'system cuttle" (as in cuttle fish). BUT, I totally just realised that I need to stop saying "aye octal" and start saying "aye oh cuttle" for consistency. There's absolutely no way I'll be able to unlearn that after 4 decades of miss pronoun see asian though 😢
Show threadTim

@gvv Ah, for me, "cuttle" and "cuddle" are pronounced the same.

I think that's pretty common in American English, but not universal.

Aug 8, 2024 at 6:09amWeb
Show threadGary V. VaughanAug 8, 2024
@penryu cuddle fish sounds much cuter that cuttle fish 👍
Show threadTimAug 8, 2024

@gvv Yeah, when I first learned about them, I remember the (American) narrator even calling out the pronunciation overlap.

"But don't let the name fool you! The cuttlefish is anything but cuddly!"

...or something like that.