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I have never in RL heard anyone call it "OS ten"
by mafro 10y ago
I have never in RL heard anyone call it "OS ten"
- ta_donk_gt 10y agoJust curious what age range you are in. From what I've personally noticed, younger folks tend to almost all pronounce it "O-S-ecks" and most in my generation (~40) tend to pronounce it "O-S-ten".
- jyrkesh 10y ago24 year old here. I exclusively call it "O-S-ten" and cringe every time someone says "O-S-ecks". Only particular reason I can think of is that we had OS 9 machines in grade school that slowly got replaced by OS X machines. Seemed natural I guess. Plus, "O-S-ecks" gets too close to "O-S-sex". I was a kid...
- ta_donk_gt 10y agoYeah, 9->10 seemed natural, and I remember articles when it was first released along the lines of "OS X (pronounced O-S-Ten)". I used to cringe when I heard "ecks", but it's become so common it doesn't have an effect anymore.
- lake99 10y agoI am close to your age, and I have always called it "O-S-ecks" because I hate roman numbers (there's a book that I call D-S-M-eye-vee) and because "O-S-ex ten point nine" sounds better than the alternative.
- zackkitzmiller 10y agoApple has always said it's "OS Ten" https://support.apple.com/kb/TA22541?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/TA22541?locale=en_US