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How do you say SUSE? (m.youtube.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by barbara@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I always thought those whoe said susa instead of soos are wrong.

Suse stands for "Software und System-Entwicklung" https://linuxiac.com/opensuse/

Edit: Yes, she can still be wrong but then it's supported by the rest of susa's staff https://youtu.be/RsME20zXbQI&t=13

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

So it's a joke by suse themself?

No, obviously not.

The joke and the funny song still works, but his pronounciation is simply wrong. He pronounces something like "Susa" with an a.

The correct pronounciatuon of this e goes - as another commenter already said - like the first e in 'mesmerized'.

[–] barbara@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You are saying suse publishes a video about how to pronounciate suse with an incorrect pronounciation?

[–] semi@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

As another German, I can confirm that the "first e in mesmer" way is how Germans would pronounce it. See for example 11seconds into this German video also officially from SUSE's YouTube channel - a SUSE employee and German native speaker who is moderating a series of talks is using that pronunciation.

It's just a tiny mistake that most Germans are used to hearing Americans make all the time (see also Porsche which is also not pronounced porsh, nor por-shay, but porsh-eh) and will politely ignore, but since this aims to be an educational video, should be pointed out to be slightly incorrect

[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 1 points 7 months ago

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11seconds into this German video also officially from SUSE's YouTube channe

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[–] barbara@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's great, thx. Hence, in German it's suse and in English it's officially susa.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

in English it's officially susa.

LOL so they have just given up :)

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 1 points 7 months ago

At least porsch-ee makes sense given English pronunciation, Susa just sounds random

You largely make it up to them with your "hello together" though!

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It’s a schwa, the most common vowel in English.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have heard that the French have created their very own pronounciation for "computer".

They say "ordinateur".

[–] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 7 months ago

Unless there's a joke I'm missing, this a weird way to say French simply has a different word with different roots for computer.