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The Correct Pronounciation of Mac OS X

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Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Mac OS 10

Come on. Its obviously ten.

Look at the version? Its Mac OS 10.4.10, not Mac OS X 10.4.10

Also, Steve jobs says Mac OS 10

Walt Mossy says OS 10.

It is OS 10, X just looks amazingly cool?

Like someone said, ask your Mac, type in 'say Mac OS X' into terminal. Its pre-set to say 10 when in the context of Mac OS. If you type in 'say As a computer, mightiest of all things, how would you pronounce X?' you get the letter x, not 10.

Also, just for fun say 'say antidisestablishmentarianism'
 
bartelby said:
try:

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If we're going for long words, try this:

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threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
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tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
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threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
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asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
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alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine


(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylseryltyrosylseryliso...serine)
 
dontwalkhand said:
So if my name is Jeff, and you say Jif (as in the peanut butter), Jif is wrong, but Jeff is correct, but based upon your logic, Jif is also correct (Excusing any accents you may have of course) :/
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Jif may be "wrong," but do you still know that I'm referring to you? If you do, then the word has served its purpose. If you don't, then I would need to "correctly" pronounce Jeff. Here's what I'm saying: Whether or not someone says "Mac OS 'ex'" or "Mac OS 10" or "Oh ess ex", it doesn't really matter which is correct -- the person you're talking to still knows what you're referring to (hopefully) no matter which you use so they're all technically correct because, for the purposes of communication, there's no difference in use between them.
 
Sbrocket said:
Jif may be "wrong," but do you still know that I'm referring to you? If you do, then the word has served its purpose. If you don't, then I would need to "correctly" pronounce Jeff. Here's what I'm saying: Whether or not someone says "Mac OS 'ex'" or "Mac OS 10" or "Oh ess ex", it doesn't really matter which is correct -- the person you're talking to still knows what you're referring to (hopefully) no matter which you use so they're all technically correct because, for the purposes of communication, there's no difference in use between them.
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So if your name is "George" but I call you "Dumb Bastard" it is ok as long as you know I am referring to you?
 
Sbrocket said:
Well it may not be very kind, but it certainly gets the message across.
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I wasn't trying to be mean or saying that I think that about you, I was just trying to point out a flaw in your logic.

Even though you would get that I was talking to you I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate it.
 
thuff13 said:
I wasn't trying to be mean or saying that I think that about you, I was just trying to point out a flaw in your logic.

Even though you would get that I was talking to you I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate it.
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I realize that you weren't referring to me, no worries. I don't see it as a flaw though. My point is that what difference does it make if the person you're talking to knows that you are referring to the same entity no matter if you say "Mac OS 10" or "oh ess ex"? I don't see any practical difference. You might like to define one as "correct" so that it would be used as the common pronunciation, but such a formally defined correct pronunciation doesn't exist for OSX (or we wouldn't be having this debate).

There is no practical difference between calling someone "George" or "Dumb Bastard" for the purposes for communicating ideas as long as the person associates both words with the same idea or entity. Sure, the latter is rude but that isn't of concern for what I'm talking about.

Here's the same logic in technical terms. I have some data written two a disk, and the filesystem recognizes it as the file "MacOSX.txt". If I create a hard-link to that file and name the hard-link "MacOS10.txt," is there every any practical difference whether I use the first or the second file to access the same data? It's the same deal: the "data" is the entity of the OSX operating system, the first file is the "correct" pronunciation, the second file is the "incorrect" pronunciation, and the hard-link is the recognition by the party that you are communicating with that both words actually refer to the same thing.
 
KristieMac said:
I think it's cute how so many people get their undies all bunched up over something like this. :p
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When it comes to bunched undies, I think it really depends on whose undies are bunched as to how cute it is. :eek:



In the end, it is what it is. Mac OS X is supposed to be pronounced "Mac OS 10".

As for how anyone does say it... heck, around here it doesn't really matter as it is always written out. And it doesn't matter all that much more IRL, I sure don't correct my clients if they say it wrong.
 
Back when I first started getting into Macs, I pronounced it "Eks." I changed that as soon as I learned the real pronunciation, but I still think that if that were the actual name, it would be pretty cool. It wouldn't have any meaning, but it would sound pretty cool.
 
I called Apple Support about a dead pixel and the guy asked me if I was using OS EX.

<shiver>
 
It's the Mac OS that came after OS 9, which, in this case was (surprisingly enough ;) ): "ten".

It's roman numeral "X", not the letter.

Interesting thread topic and the varied replies, but then again it's 3AM here.... Doesn't take much to entertain at this hour. :)
 
I used to know some Somali guys that pronounced X as eggerts. :D

They called OSX... Wes Eggerts!

:D True story!
 
I'll bet ya "X" bucks the next major upgrade is named OS X v11 not OS XI.

Either is right because either conveys the necessary information to indicate what the speaker is referring to.

I choose to say "ex" because it seems right to me. I'll use it with even more enthusiasm more now cuz I like to irritate people that are easily annoyed by trivial, meaningless things.
 
saltyzoo said:
I'll bet ya "X" bucks the next major upgrade is named OS X v11 not OS XI.
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i predict it'll be called mac os 11 without any roman numerals. if not that, then maybe they'll throw out the whole numbering thing altogether and just give it a name (like windows does with vista!).
 
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