Ok. A curiosity on my part. How is TyTool pronounced by the rest of you?

[jdiner]

The subject says it all. I was just wondering how you say it. I met with a few users a while back and that say it differently than I do. So I was wondering how you all say it in your heads when you read here on the forum.

Not sure how to make a poll so bear with me in case I do this wrong. But the 2 options are:

1- T-Y-Tool - said distinctly. T - Y - Tool.

2- Tie-Tool - said like Tie Fighter. Tie - Tool.

I am just curious...

--jdiner

[mattdb]

#2

Matt

PS thanks for everything!!!!

EDIT: I just realized this was a poll.....*****....

[akeogh]

#2

[captain_video]

Dos (no, not DOS, but #2).

[Pro-289]

yup. #2 :)

[jdiner]

See. That is interesting to me. I have always said it T-Y-Tool (#1). I don't know why that is just how it came out for me. Until I met with some local users it never even occured to me to pronounce it the other way.

--jdiner

[Frogbutt]

Iv always used #1 t-y tool and never even thought of it the other way till this post. WEiiiiiiiiird

[phrend]

#1 for me

[porkface]

#1

[2ride]

number 2

are you folks that are saying number 1


actually saying the letter
T
then the letter
Y
then the word
Tool

?

[Pro-289]

It's just like I call a .GIF file "Jiff" like the peanut butter. And I hear some people call'm a "Giff", like in the word 'gift'. Or a .BIN file, I used to call them "Bine", short for binary. But others, and me recently, now call them a "Bin" file, which is what the word spells.

[jdiner]

Originally posted by 2ride
number 2

are you folks that are saying number 1


actually saying the letter
T
then the letter
Y
then the word
Tool

Yes. I do. But then I created it and named it... So I get to pick how I say it. :)

--jdiner

[JJBliss]

Originally posted by Pro-289
It's just like I call a .GIF file "Jiff" like the peanut butter. And I hear some people call'm a "Giff", like in the word 'gift'. Or a .BIN file, I used to call them "Bine", short for binary. But others, and me recently, now call them a "Bin" file, which is what the word spells.


Just a comment on this totally OT thing:

In the old days, I used to incorrectly call a system operator (SYSOP) a "SY SOP" all together, as oppsed to a SYS OP.

The same kinda holds true for GIF, which is short for Graphic Interchange Format, therefore the hard G sound (like "gift" or "Graphic") is appropriate.

However, now I question why *I* say bin instead of BINE, because it IS short for BINARY.....

hrumph...

Weird indeed.....

[osetivo]

Originally posted by jdiner
Yes. I do. But then I created it and named it... So I get to pick how I say it. :)

--jdiner
Yes you do. But as an act of phonetic rebellion, I shall continue my (Mental) tradition of calling it "TIE TOOL" at least until the spelling is changed to "TYtool" or "TY-Tool" instead of the current "TyTool" :D

Edit: Whew! things must be really slow at work for me today.

[johnmacd]

#2

I never gave it any thought that it could be pronounced any other way.

But then I say tamoate and you say tomatoe


LOL.

[Torg]

It is all a matter of dialect.

Linux (le-nux, ly-nicks)
Unix (ewe-nicks, uw-nicks)
Windows (win-dows, win-dears) Sorry im form Texas, couldn’t resist.

Then of course go to the UK and ask them to say:
Aluminum
Schedule

Or go to Canada and ask them to say:
Out
About
Exactly

as for Tee-Why-Tool, well......

[ronnythunder]

definitely #2 - tie tool. never even though of t-y-tool

oh yeah:

.bin -> like ben in "big ben"
.gif -> like the peanut butter

shall we now start a thread to see how these are pronounced?

sql
ioctl
exe

:)

ronny

[dlang]

Torg, Linux is lin-uks officially (soft i)

[TroyCarpenter]

Ty is also the name of a person, pronouced "Tie". I would never call him "Tee Why".

Computer tradition is to pronounce things more as they are, not based on what they represent.

Others:

Linux = Len-icks (if I recall, there is a soundbite of Linus pronouncing it like this)
bin = ben
etc = Ok, I say e-t-c, but a unix guy here says et-cee
gif = like gift, without the "t"
lib = like lid, only with a "b"
usr = user. Yes, I actually say "user". I would like to know what other say for that.

And I remember saying "SY-SOP" early on, too!

There's probably many others.

[old7]

Do you say ESS - SEE - ESS - AYE (SCSI)

or "Skuzzy"

[ronnythunder]

scuzzy. definitely.

ronny

[BubbleLamp]

Tee-Why reminds me too much of Kay-Why, and the idea of a KY-tool is too gross to contemplate. :D :eek:

[SR712]

hey Jdiner... do you also call them Tee-Why files (.ty)... or Tie (.ty) files?

[jdiner]

T-Y-Streams...

No I did not name those. So They might just be tie-streams. But I reserve the right to say the other however I want. :)

--jdiner

[skorous]

Originally posted by TroyCarpenter
Ty is also the name of a person, pronouced "Tie". I would never call him "Tee Why".

Computer tradition is to pronounce things more as they are, not based on what they represent.

Others:

Linux = Len-icks (if I recall, there is a soundbite of Linus pronouncing it like this)
bin = ben
etc = Ok, I say e-t-c, but a unix guy here says et-cee
gif = like gift, without the "t"
lib = like lid, only with a "b"
usr = user. Yes, I actually say "user". I would like to know what other say for that.

And I remember saying "SY-SOP" early on, too!

There's probably many others.

Just my opinion but I pronounce it like a three letter acronym (which are frequently spelled out, PNNI/OSPF/etc...). Interestingly, if the TY were _before_ the period I'd probably pronounce it tie dot tee-why. But I'm a little off sometimes. :)

usr == you-ess-are and user.
scsi = scuzzy, but sometimes I like to use sexy (hey, it fits). :-)

I'm reasonably sure the .gif is supposed to be pronounced like the peanut butter. At least according to Compuserve the progenitor of the format.

Ok, now here's my big questions:
1) Why does bin = ben? "bin" is a real word so I'm confused.

2) SysOp = SY-SOP? It's short for System Operator so ... ?

Just honestly curious.

Skorous

[Ophelio]

Shorter is better (er, at least in this case...)

Tee-Why-Tool is 3 syllables, TieTool is 2, but I am in such awe of jdiner that I just refer to it as awe-some :D

Thanks for the tool, dude...as for voting, I'll take #2.

[Ophelio]

Originally posted by TroyCarpenter
Ty is also the name of a person, pronouced "Tie". I would never call him "Tee Why". Hmmm...a little OT, but has anyone ever called you "Tee-Roy" :D

[Pro-289]

Sysop.. BBS.. Man, those were the days. Making your daily rounds to local computers to catch up on the latest, get news, swap files and ideas. A nice little virtual community in your neighborhood. Heh, that's where I met my wife, back in '95. :)

But anyway, I've heard people call it Sy-Sop too. Maybe it was spelled that way somewhere and people picked up on it, who knows.

[JJBliss]

Originally posted by skorous

I'm reasonably sure the .gif is supposed to be pronounced like the peanut butter. At least according to Compuserve the progenitor of the format.

Ok, now here's my big questions:
1) Why does bin = ben? "bin" is a real word so I'm confused.

2) SysOp = SY-SOP? It's short for System Operator so ... ?

Just honestly curious.

Skorous

OK.. This is getting slightly pedantic, but:

As I said, GIF is a hard G (like gift) because it stands for Graphic Interchange Format, not Giraffic Interchange Format.

Bin is pronounced BIN, but that kinda bothers me because it *IS* short for b*I*nary...

and there is NO doubt that a SYS OP is NOT SY SOP because system is sistum, not sie stum.

How's that!?!?
;)

[Pro-289]

Regarding "Jiff". :D
This should stop the debate. :p

here (http://www.colorado.edu/~hyperlst/html-developers/old/0541.html)
here (http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/)
here (http://www.visionary-voyager.com.au/corel/photopaint/web_works/glossary_b.htm#gif)

[jkeegan]

#1..

Always said tee-why-streams, so when I saw tytool I always said/thought tee-why-tool. I'm with ya, jdiner. :)

..Jeff

[TroyCarpenter]

Originally posted by Ophelio
Hmmm...a little OT, but has anyone ever called you "Tee-Roy" :D

Actually, a few friends do, as well as my father-in-law.

T-Roy :)