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In reference to the Arch User Repository, do you say Ore? Arr? Our? Do you say A U R? Or do you just say the full Arch User Repository?

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] TheV2@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

No, I'm not.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago

Like a pirate.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I pronounce it "AUR" of course.

[–] Durandal@lemmy.today 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ay Yew Arr

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...but if they renamed it Arch Interactive User Repository or Arch Internet User Repository, I have no problem switching to pronouncing it "eye-urr"

[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago

I hear an ancient voice, whispering from the Void, and it chills my lightless heart

Sometimes I forget I have a video game tattoo lmao

[–] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Arr.

I just enjoy feeling like a pirate at any opportunity.

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Exactly. Imagine intentionally turning down the opportunity to Arrrrr at people.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago

Like "aurum" without the "um."

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I pronounce it AUR btw.

(In all seriousness I pronounce it like Aura without the 2nd A)

[–] chooglers@midwest.social 9 points 1 day ago
[–] Lemmchen@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago
[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

A-U-R for me, personally.

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 day ago

A U R. It rolls off the tongue pretty easily.

[–] Vulwsztyn@programming.dev 6 points 16 hours ago

coming from a language with consistent pronunciation I pronounce it "aur" like other comments said, like "aurum" or like in Portuguese - how it is written)

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 6 points 16 hours ago
[–] toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Dutch, au is a fixed diphthong that's part of many of our normal words. /ʌu/... approximately. So that's how I pronounce it... in my head. I don't think I've ever really had reason to say it out loud.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

reason to say it out loud

But then how do you tell everyone you meet where to find extra packages..? Asking for a friend

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Like I am a Protoss Zealot giving my life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWRlD0IiFwQ

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

English: [ɔ:]. It rhymes with "dinosaur".
Portuguese: [ä'uɾ]. Basically how it's spelled.

[–] superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like how the Australians say No

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago
[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

I have not been initiated into any of this. I'd pronounce it like "aura" without the a, and a longer R

[–] 404@lemmy.zip 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

In English, Ey-You-Arr.

In Swedish, diphtonged Aw-ur, pretty similar to Our but with a more pronounced aaah sound. A-U-R would be two glottoal stops (Ahh-Uuh-Err) and is pretty uncomfortable to pronounce in Swedish.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago

Definitely not like OUR (in the sense of owning from community perspective). No seriously, I pronounce it like most do and say each letter on their own like a pirate.

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago
[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 day ago
[–] tangonov@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago

It's the "arrrrrr" matey!

[–] fascicle@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago

Same way I say arch, but without the ch

[–] Crybb@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago