How do you pronounce CHMOD, CHGRP and CHOWN?

Epsilon · 03-04-2004, 09:06 AM

I guess everyone has their own way. I say "c-h-mod", pronouncing the C and the H and mod rhyming with 'god', and "c-h-group". But I don't want to sound like an idiot so I was just wondering if this is right.

On CHOWN I have no idea.

sde · 03-04-2004, 09:13 AM

i'm not around many linux users, but i've taken a few classes ..

i say

c-h mod
c-h-g-r-p
and
chown

hehe, i don't care what i sound like , .. that feels right to me.

sde · 03-04-2004, 09:14 AM

i was actually thinking of the way to say linux yesterday.

most people say it the way i do, .. with a 'short i' ( like 'lick' ) , .. but then there's the people who make the first sylable rhyme with linus ( like 'line' )

how does everyone else pronounce it?

Admin · 03-04-2004, 09:50 AM

C+H+MOD
C+H+OWN
C+H+GRouP

i dont like it when people say "CHOWN" or "CHMOD"...

what bothers me is when someone says "ETC" (etsee) rather than "E+T+C"

sde · 03-04-2004, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Admin
what bothers me is when someone says "ETC" (etsee) rather than "E+T+C" [/b]

i'll remember that for when i want to bother you! haha .. etsee is so much easier to say!

ender · 03-04-2004, 11:01 AM

Well, Admin, I guess I'd annoy the crap out of you.

I normally say 'chmod' like 'shmod', which is like the beginning of 'shoe.' I say 'etc' like it was the acronym, so its 'etcetera'. I don't have to say chgrp or chown much, so I'm not quite sure how I'd say them. I figure I'd just change it everytime anyway. I say linux with the short 'i' as well.

I guess that's kind of weird that I wouldn't know how I'd say some of the things since I mostly use linux anyway. Even as the admin of a lab I don't have to say it much to people. Hrm...thats weird.

Ted Morse

Epsilon · 03-04-2004, 06:19 PM

I use the short 'i' when saying linux. It seems to roll off the tongue easier than using the long 'i'. Plus, I think that's the more common pronunciation.

bdl · 03-04-2004, 06:34 PM

Hmm. I've always said 'change mod', 'change own', 'change group'.

iNaNimAtE · 03-05-2004, 10:44 PM

I say them all like they are words. CHMOD = "Chuh'mod" (Short "o" in "off," not like "own")

I also pronounce the acronym "ETC" as the entire word "et cetera." (Originated from Latin; "et" meaning "and," and "cetera" meaning "the rest.")

Epsilon · 03-06-2004, 11:18 AM

Wow, judging by all the different responses, I guess there's really no standard way of saying those words. That's cool, then. I'll just keep doing it the way I was. :rock: