Ubuntu Pronounciation

[Thunk]

So what's the deal? How are you supposed to pronounce "Ubuntu"? Is it first "U" as in "up" and then the rest of the u's are as in "poop"?

And what about "gnome"? I know that GNU is pronounced "genu".

[11hjpphty76lkjj]

I think it's something like:

Oooboontooo

and

Nome (Gnome) silent G. But that's just how I say it.

/shrug

[Thunk]

That's what I used to think, but then I found this in Wikipedia:

Ubuntu (IPA: /ùbúntú/)

So there's clearly a difference between the first U and the other ones. But what does that mean? I couldn't find a simple "dictionary" for IPA...

[11hjpphty76lkjj]

Wow I have no idea what that means.

Can someone write a program to fix this!!!!

Oh bed time. :)

[darth_vector]

^lmao

everyone i know pronounces is uuuubuuuuuntuuuuu and nome. having said that, i dont know what i would do if wikipedia had an error in it. that would shake the foundations of my existance! wiki is the source of all knowledge :D

[asimon]

The best would be if Mark Shuttleworth would just upload an ogg vorbis file saying something like "I pronounce Ubuntu as Ubuntu". ;-)

[poofyhairguy]

Nome (Gnome) silent G. But that's just how I say it.


Its actually a hard G. But I agree with the Lug Radio guys that saying it that way is lame. So I don't.

I don't say mac "oh-es-ten" I say "oh-es-ex." It sounds better, I don't care what the real way is. I also call Debian "dee-bee-en" instead of "de-bee-en" because one sounds like a middle class housewife while the other sounds like an almighty god of Linux.

[Gray.]

Up until know I thought that it was supposed to be "dee-bee-en".... definitely sounds better anyways.

[Gadren]

I end yup saying GNOME as guh'nome, and I incorrectly say Debian as Deebeein.

I'm wondering, though...how do you pronounce Xubuntu? It is zubuntu, eksubuntu, or ksubuntu? I usually say the last one to myself.

[Chris Tucker]

the correct prounciation sounds really weird and draws stares.. so i endorse ubuntu as U as in YOU bun as in, well, BUN.. like the ones you eat.. and tu as TO, youbuntoo ubuntu .. a lot easier to say, said the way it looks, and doesnt make people think its a 3rd world system

[chimera]

I pronounce it ħu-bween-toh (the first w is really silent). I know it's probably the wrongest pronounciation on earth, but that's how it would be pronounced if it was in my language.;)

[infoseeker]

South African here.......where can I upload a file ? (ogg)

[Gandalf]

South African here.......where can I upload a file ? (ogg)
http://www.megaupload.com

[infoseeker]

Find it here:

www.megaupload.com/?d=539AHZ1X

(ubuntu.ogg)

[Iandefor]

I'd always figured it was ooh-bun-two with the stress on the first syllable. I'd always pronounced Debian as dee-bee-en becaused it sounds much better than deb-ian.

Infoseeker: lol, I like that sound you uploaded.

[tlc]

Ubuntu - oo-bun-too
Debian - deb-ee-un
Gentoo - gentoo with a g as in gun, not as in Gillian
Gibs - jibs
Linux - lin-ucks

Anything else is just wrong. :p

[chimera]

Ubuntu - oo-bun-too
Debian - deb-ee-un
Gentoo - gentoo with a g as in gun, not as in Gillian
Gibs - jibs
Linux - lin-ucks

Anything else is just wrong. :p

omg...I've been pronouncing all of those wrong :mad: shame on me

[GreyFox503]

Ubuntu - three u as in "you" sounds: oobOOntoo
Gnome - technically with a hard G sound: Guh'nome
Debian - e as in "pet": deb-ian
Gentoo - jen two

The TENTH version of the Macintosh Operating System:
written: Mac OS X
spoken: "Mac Oh Es Ten"

[Linux BASHer]

Find it here:

www.megaupload.com/?d=539AHZ1X

(ubuntu.ogg)

Thank you for that, Infoseeker.

[Evil Whisper]

I always pronounce it You Bun Two lol.

Debian = Deb Beein
Gentoo = Jen Two
Gnome = Nome

[poofyhairguy]

The TENTH version of the Macintosh Operating System:
written: Mac OS X
spoken: "Mac Oh Es Ten"

NEVER!

Maybe back when it was 10.0. But now on 10.4.x? No way. No "ten." "Ex" sounds hip. "Ten" sounds boing, and OSX is supposed to be the hip system. Also it reminds me too much of the crap OSes called "oh-es-eight" and "oh-es-nine."

[GreyFox503]

:)

It's not my fault that Apple can't come up with a more interesting name for their operating system. :razz:

[poofyhairguy]

:)

It's not my fault that Apple can't come up with a more interesting name for their operating system. :razz:

No its not. :)

[Kurt Dodrill]

I think it's something like:

Oooboontooo

and

Nome (Gnome) silent G. But that's just how I say it.

/shrug

thats how you say it.

[Rev. Nathan]

NEVER!

Maybe back when it was 10.0. But now on 10.4.x? No way. No "ten." "Ex" sounds hip. "Ten" sounds boing, and OSX is supposed to be the hip system. Also it reminds me too much of the crap OSes called "oh-es-eight" and "oh-es-nine."
I like to abreviate everyting I say; so I pronounce it "mac-ahh-six" :o

So I also call it "ooh-bin-two", because it's faster that way, too. Language should not inconviene.

[CodeNosher]

Wikipedia must have changed the IPA from when the first post was made. Currently it shows:

/u'buntu/

The /u/ is like the /u/ in tube

The ' just means the stress is on the following syllable.

So it would be like ooboontoo for US English.

[forrestcupp]

Talk about necroposting.

It's always been pronounced like that. The OP just got it wrong.

[por100pre1]

That's the problem with english phonetics. In spanish, for example, everybody says "ooboontoo" ;) .

[testube_babies]

How do you pronounce ubuntu? It's in the Ubuntu FAQ:
http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/faq

Also, GNOME is correctly pronounced guh-nome, and it said this on the gnome project homepage for quite some time:
http://library.n0i.net/linux-unix/applications/x/gnome/faq/x104.html

And, for the record, if you go to the Dell Linux Blog (http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx) there is a video of Shuttleworth in which he mentions Ubuntu many times. His pronunciation falls somewhere in between oo-BOON-too, oo-BIN-too, and oo-BUN-too :)

[init1]

(you-y)+bun+(too)
U bun tu
Emphasis on the "bun"

[Vorian]

(you-y)+bun+(too)
U bun tu
Emphasis on the "bun"

actually, check this on your computer.

system>about ubuntu>about the name


Ubuntu (pronounced "oo-BOON-too")

you cant get any better source than Ubuntu itself :)

[JT673]

actually, check this on your computer.

system>about ubuntu>about the name



you cant get any better source than Ubuntu itself :)

Wow, if we had known that about twenty posts back...

[mips]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx0qGJCm-qU

Listen to Tim Modise say the word "Ubuntu". That is the most common way I hear it pronounced over hear.

[ThinkBuntu]

Ooboontoo

Official GNOME pronunciation is guhnome, but I just say nome.

[Vorian]

Wow, if we had known that about twenty posts back...
:p

[chips24]

the correct prounciation sounds really weird and draws stares.. so i endorse ubuntu as U as in YOU bun as in, well, BUN.. like the ones you eat.. and tu as TO, youbuntoo ubuntu .. a lot easier to say, said the way it looks, and doesnt make people think its a 3rd world system

i pronounce it that way too.

[dizee]

I pronounce it Oobuntoo, even though it should really be Ooboontoo it's easier to have a short "u" sound in the middle.

[papsynot]

Wow... I've always pronounced Gnome as jee-nome.
Also when my friend and I were talking about Ubuntu yesterday, we just kept spelling it out or saying 'the U-word' because neither of us knew how to pronounce it. lol

[Kotjze]

actually, check this on your computer.

system>about ubuntu>about the name


Ubuntu (pronounced "oo-BOON-too")

you cant get any better source than Ubuntu itself :)

Cool. And for other languages, if the About thing was translated, most likely the pronunciation was changed to reflect how the letters are pronounced in that language. Here's what it says for French: Ubuntu (prononcé « ou-BOUN-tou »)

:)

[OutOfReach]

I say GNOME like, G-NOME.
Gee-NOME, lol.
I know its wrong, but hey. :p

[MidsummerDreams]

and here I've been calling it... "Uh-bun-two" for whatever reason :)

[Redrazor39]

From Mac OS X Dictionary:


ubuntu |oŏˈboŏntoō|
noun
a quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity.
ORIGIN Xhosa and Zulu.


gnome 1 |nōm|
noun
a legendary dwarfish creature supposed to guard the earth's treasures underground.
• informal a small ugly person.
• informal a person regarded as having secret or sinister influence, esp. in financial matters : the gnomes of Zurich.
• (also garden gnome) a small garden ornament in the form of a bearded man with a pointed hat.

[flytripper]

an di thought it was gee nome . o well.

[robotman5]

i just called it Linux cause i find it easier to say then Ubuntu:guitar:

[ubuntu-freak]

I pronounce it as "you-bun-too", yeah, I'm very bad. :) Rolls off the tongue easier though. I can still tell people what it means and what the South African pronunciation is.

[dracule]

I always feel like a loser when i say,

Guh-nome
or
oo-boo-ntoo

I would much prefer to say nome and uh-bun-two but then people always go "omg that is so wrong, you are a noob"

Before last year, I thought
cache was pronounced "ca-ch(like in cheese)"
sql was just "SQL" (not see-quel)
api was just API (not apee)
scsi was just SCSI (not squeezi)
and more

I always dont like to say terms until i hear someone else say them.

[klange]

Before last year, I thought
cache was pronounced "ca-ch(like in cheese)"
sql was just "SQL" (not see-quel)
api was just API (not apee)
scsi was just SCSI (not squeezi)
and more

scsi is "scuzzy", not "squeezi".
API is appee.
I'd say SQL is more "see-quill" or "see-quol" than "see-quel".

Now, here's a question: cash, or cash-eh? (both are correct)

[dracule]

scsi is "scuzzy", not "squeezi".
API is appee.
I'd say SQL is more "see-quill" or "see-quol" than "see-quel".

Now, here's a question: cash, or cash-eh? (both are correct)

geeze, now i feel like an idiot.

[tel93]

Ubuntu: Oo-bun-too
Debian: Deb-i-an
Gnome: Nome
GNU: G-N-U
Xubuntu: Zu-bun-tu