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minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoDo y’all ponounce it as one word? Heard someone once say “c-h-own” and I was confused.
minus-squareFrostyCaveman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI do, but that’s mostly because an old boss of mine did it, thought it was hilarious, and now I do too, because of the in joke Chown, rhymes with bone.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI deconstruct all commands when used in spoken word, so I pronounce it “change ownership”. I also call ls, “list“ and cd “change directory”. For some reason this completely confuses and disorients everyone in the room.
minus-squareJetpackJackson@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI do, I tend to pronounce it rhyming with “clown”
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoSo an /oun/ instead of an /ōn/? I hate it! :-D
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoLike “see-age-own”? I’d pronounce it “ch-(like in change)-own”.
Do y’all ponounce it as one word? Heard someone once say “c-h-own” and I was confused.
I do, but that’s mostly because an old boss of mine did it, thought it was hilarious, and now I do too, because of the in joke
Chown, rhymes with bone.
I deconstruct all commands when used in spoken word, so I pronounce it “change ownership”. I also call ls, “list“ and cd “change directory”. For some reason this completely confuses and disorients everyone in the room.
I do, I tend to pronounce it rhyming with “clown”
So an /oun/ instead of an /ōn/? I hate it! :-D
Like “see-age-own”? I’d pronounce it “ch-(like in change)-own”.