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The Correct Pronounciation of Mac OS X

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Lets assume the X stands for ten. Do you really think the romans said "ten"? Heck no. So if we want to be really correct, we should use roman numerals in roman, which is latin. "ten" is just as incorrect as "ex"


For what it is worth, I often say "lie-nux" and "veesta." :)
 
.JahJahwarrior. said:
For what it is worth, I often say "lie-nux"
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Yep, and as you know, that's wrong. Linux came from "LINus-UniX" and is supposed to pronounce like we finnish people call Linus in the first place. So, it should be more like "lin-uks" (as you probably knew).

Did I already say Linux originally came from Finland? Sure it's global know, but it originated from Helsinki where Linus Torvalds were studying in the early 90's.
 
Lie-nux is correct given the spelling though, at least where I am (south UK). To pronounce it correctly, it would have to be spelt "Linnux"
 
The only thing that really needs correcting here is the spelling of OP. Its pronunciation, not "pronounciation". Wrong spelling is worse than wrong pronunciation in my book.:rolleyes:
 
There is no wrong way or right way to say it, Everyone will have their own proper way to say it. I say it as OS Ex and no one will tell me any diffrent, OS 10 sounds weird and wrong altho it seems right to others. the only time when the number 10 comes out my mouth is when i am talking about OS X's version numbers 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and so on.

I don't know why people like to complain over nothing. like i said everyone will have different opinion about which is right and which is wrong, i say let people say it how they want and quit whining about it.

Snide said:
Just did a quick search on Youtube, and what Phil Schiller said was:
"sixteen ex Superdrive" (instead of "times") when describing the new Mac Pro.
Actually, this is a worse mispronunciation than "OS ex", IMHO...

(@ 6:24)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddmUwqkzBE8
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there is only a few people not smart enough to gather what Ex means when you pair it with a number.

humm he said sixteen Ex, what does that mean, duh it means sixteen times . its just a different way to say it. there is no proper way to say it
 
JFreak said:
Yep, and as you know, that's wrong. Linux came from "LINus-UniX" and is supposed to pronounce like we finnish people call Linus in the first place. So, it should be more like "lin-uks" (as you probably knew).

Did I already say Linux originally came from Finland? Sure it's global know, but it originated from Helsinki where Linus Torvalds were studying in the early 90's.
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Going by the sound clip I heard years ago of Linus Torvalds it was pronounced more like lee-nooks (and lee-noos). It was an mp3 of Linus saying "My name is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce it Leee-nooks".

Having said all that, I'm not Finnish so I pronounce it lie-nux. :p

As for OS X, I'm still new to Macs so I haven't totally decided which I prefer yet. Oh-Ess-Ten is probably more accurate but Oh-Ess-Ex sounds better.
 
iBlue said:
That is an unusual accent. Where are you from? I thought "oh, a Kiwi" but then you stumped me as you went on.
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I have a bit of a butchered accent having travelled around a fair bit. I tend to get asked that all the time in New Zealand whether I am a New Zealander :cool:
 
jsw said:
I say "Oh Sex" or "Oh Sex Tiger".
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me too!!11XIXI, although only to stop people correcting "Oh Ess Ecks". The French "intended" Paris to be pronounced "Parr-EE", the Germans intended Cologne to be pronounced "Kerrrln", and the Jobs intends his principality to be pronounced "OS 10". When in Rome, we might do as the Romans, but I am not in Rome.

I appreciate that there are those who take the French approach to language - a stale, priggish Academie to lay down what is wrong and what is right - but English, wot I am speaking now, did not grow by dictum. English has attained its rich, expressive eminence through organic evolution; because, as a melting pot of cultures, England creams off the best of Johnny Foreigner's offering, passing the raw material through a linguistic quality control formed of the collective consciousness of Englishmen to lift up our glorious tongue.

Yes, SJ, we welcome entente with OS X, but have observed that saying "Oh Ess Ten" would cause any man who had not received the edict to write "OS 10", and do not welcome this exclusionist manoeuvre. Unlike UNIX System III, IV, and V, OS X is a break with Apple custom (System 6, 7; OS 8, 9) - our proud, logical, English minds recognise that, in speech and on paper, 10, not X, follows 9, and it would cause us great discomfort, as subjects under Her Majesty, to break with tradition. We must thus either say and write 10, or accommodate for the frivolous innovation by saying and writing "Ecks".

Uttering "Oh Ess Ten" is subversive, almost treasonous. On this occasion we choose to Think Differently.
 
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