Sudo or Sudo?

[shearn89]

Hey all - this may have already been done, but I don't think so.

It randomly occured to me last night, that in my head, everytime i type "sudo" i mentally say it "su-doh".

Do people say "su-doo"?

That's why I started a poll - what do you say?

[spamzilla]

Su-doh as it's easier imo to say that su-doo.

[Vansinnesvisan]

Homer says "doh!" Super user do for the rest.

[n3tfury]

su-doh. it just sounds right i guess even though phonetically it's incorrect that way.

[stimpack]

su-doh too heh. Even though I know its Super-User-Do so probably should be soo-doo. I would have to think to say soo-doo, su-doh just falls from my brain into my mouth naturally.

[Phil Airtime]

I say su-doh, but I always think the command's meant to be a play on the word "pseudo".

[argie]

I say su-doh too. It just seems logical. But mentally it expands to 'super user do' whether or not that's what it's meant to be.

Today when I woke up, the first thing that struck me was that the short form of refrigerator is fridge. A 'd' magically appeared.

[samjh]

Su-doh.

It's "sudo", hence the doh. If it was "su-do" or "su do", then it would be doo.

[Lster]

Doh!

[shearn89]

I always think the command's meant to be a play on the word "pseudo".


Yeah - kinda like a "pseudo root" thing. I know it should be super-user-do (sudoo), but su-doh sounds natural. Weird. As is that fridge thing. Oh, and why can't someone be "whelmed". As in, "I am not underwhelmed, or overwhelmed. Just whelmed".... English is weird.

[qpieus]

I know it should be pronounced su-doo, but I always say su-doh, I guess because it's spelled like "judo" (ju-doh). The sudo main webpage says sudo stands for
su "do" so therefore it should be pronounced su-doo.

[jclmusic]

i say sudo as in pseudo

[Nano Geek]

I say su-doh as well.

[phenest]

Su-doh.

It's "sudo", hence the doh. If it was "su-do" or "su do", then it would be doo.

It is a bad habit of English speaking people to pronounce a word how it is spelt.

[aks44]

Su-doh here too. But I'm not a native english speaker, so I guess this excuses me? :p


BTW, I always thought it meant "switch user, do" even though *by default* it switches to root (hence the "super user do" common belief). Am I totally off the tracks?

[shearn89]

Su-doh here too. But I'm not a native english speaker, so I guess this excuses me? :p


BTW, I always thought it meant "switch user, do" even though *by default* it switches to root (hence the "super user do" common belief). Am I totally off the tracks?
you're right - if you add the -u <username> switch, it runs it as that user.

Thanks man pages! (and aks44).

[mthei]

When I was first looking into Linux and specifically Ubuntu, I would read the commands and think to myself "soo-doh", but one I found out what it meant, I changed it to "soo-doo",

[-grubby]

I didn't even think about it. I always said it Su-doh

[toupeiro]

In the company I work for, I notice that the majority of people I work from in the eastern part of the world call it "soo-doo" while people in the western and western-European parts typically call it "su-doh" The most important part is, I understand what they mean when its said. :)

[skwishybug]

Wasn't Su-do the navigator of the Enterprise?


:lolflag:

[Dimitriid]

su -c "x" (gksu when I need a gui tool with administrator rights ) its my personal preference nowadays. I like having separate user and root passwords, since I don't really want to put too much effort on my user passwords ( cause I use the same one widely and therefore is highly insecure ) but my root password that is a strong one ( not only that I never use it outside home and nobody buy my fiancee knows about it, in fact is complex enough that you have to really put your mind into it to memorize it )

[shearn89]

su -c "x" (gksu when I need a gui tool with administrator rights ) its my personal preference nowadays. I like having separate user and root passwords, since I don't really want to put too much effort on my user passwords ( cause I use the same one widely and therefore is highly insecure ) but my root password that is a strong one ( not only that I never use it outside home and nobody buy my fiancee knows about it, in fact is complex enough that you have to really put your mind into it to memorize it )
Fair enough. I like the way debian has the sudo package though, as you don't have to worry about whether you might accidentally break something whilst "su-ing".

Interesting trend though - and an interesting point about the east/west thing - i wonder if I did a related poll whether that would change things. Hmmm...

[Tomone]

Wasn't Su-do the navigator of the Enterprise?


I think it was Sulu.
Also, I say soo-doh because of the "pseudo" thing.

[runningwithscissors]

First time I saw a description about it, it was mentioned as sudo as in super-user-do.

I've always pronounced it as sudoo since.

[3rdalbum]

I pronounce it "soo-doh", but for a little while I was pronouncing it "syou-doh".

[DoktorSeven]

switch user, do.

Thus sue do (/su:du:/).

[t0p]

Vote on Lazarus! I say "D'Oh!"

[Eisenwinter]

I say su doo.

[Giant Speck]

Yeah - kinda like a "pseudo root" thing. I know it should be super-user-do (sudoo), but su-doh sounds natural. Weird. As is that fridge thing. Oh, and why can't someone be "whelmed". As in, "I am not underwhelmed, or overwhelmed. Just whelmed".... English is weird.

Actually, underwhelmed and whelmed are real words. Underwhelmed means to fail to become interested or astonished. Whelmed is simply an obscure synonym to overwhelmed.

[ice60]

why is everyone saying it's switch user? it doesn't switch users, it gives you super powers, just like superman. it's super user do. that's what i've always known it as (i haven't bothered looking it up though, but i'm pretty sure that's right! lol)

i just realised i say it both ways su-doh and su-do lol.

edit. i meant it gives you superpowser like Genki Sudo -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvLpz18DcH4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pJsbOmrYNY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlW0_r_japA

[RiceMonster]

soo-doo

because I think of it as 'Super user do"

[cammin]

why is everyone saying it's switch user? it doesn't switch users, it gives you super powers, just like superman. it's super user do. that's what i've always known it as (i haven't bothered looking it up though, but i'm pretty sure that's right! lol)

It's substitute user, actually.
I still like to think of it as super user, though.


I pronounce it sudoh. If you're going to say sudoo, you might as well say ess-you-doo.

[forrestcupp]

This thread was worth resurrecting. I learned something new. I always just said "su-doh" without ever even thinking of the "super user do" thing.

[swoll1980]

sue-doe. Like a deer, a female deer

[Giant Speck]

Here's how I pronounce it, in analogy form:

Sci-Fi Channel : SyFy Channel :: pseudo : sudo

I really don't care if I'm pronouncing it wrong or not. According to many, I pronounce Ubuntu incorrectly, but I like the way I pronounce it. :)

[days_of_ruin]

Here's how I pronounce it, in analogy form:

Sci-Fi Channel : SyFy Channel :: pseudo : sudo

I really don't care if I'm pronouncing it wrong or not. According to many, I pronounce Ubuntu incorrectly, but I like the way I pronounce it. :)

uh-bun-two?

[Giant Speck]

uh-bun-two?

It's kind of hard to describe how I pronounce the second u, since I'm an American, and many of the forumers are not.

I pronounce the u like I do the u in the word put or suet. However, I suppose many pronounce the u in put like oo.

[Swagman]

Soo-doh

http://beaut.ie/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sudocrem.jpg

[Mehall]

Kay, if ever I make an app that heals the file-system, it's getting called crem.

Because it will need root rights, so everyone will run "sudo crem"

[sisco311]

shoodoh - short(or show) ubuntu(oo-BOON-too) d'oh (homer simson)

ʃudoː

[Joeb454]

I tend to say "sue-doe" like swoll1980 said :)

That said, I came across the sudo website the other day. It's su "do" ;)

http://sudo.ws/

[sisco311]

alias please='sudo'
echo ftw (i'm tired)

[MikeTheC]

For me it's sue - due, simply because I know it's a truncated form of "Superuser Do", as mentioned up-thread already.

Moreover, "pseudo" is already pronounced the way the rest of you are mis-pronouncing "sudo" and for me it's not whether it "looks" plausible but that I know it's wrong.


alias please='sudo'
echo ftw (i'm tired)
ftw (i'm tired)

[MikeTheC]

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[sisco311]

"Don't drink unwashed fruit juice."? How do you wash fruit juice, exactly? I mean, I've heard of "used beer", but this is a new one on me.
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reminder for /me: don't drink washed fruit juice.

[dragos240]

I think it's su doo, because it means superuser do, su do. to run an application under superuser privileges.

[calrogman]

if you add the -u <username> switch, it runs it as that user.

Or use sudo su <username>, which is just like using su as root, it's more roundabout but it gets the job done.
;)

[pbpersson]

I say soo-doh but there is a guy at work who says soo-doo and I always look at him strangely when he does

[ELD]

Suh-Doh! (think of homer simpson) when you do a wrong command ;)