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I always thought it was pretty clear to say "os ecks" myself, but I've heard internally / correctly people say "oh es ten". It's hard to break the habit after

I always thought it was pretty clear to say "os ecks" myself, but I've heard internally / correctly people say "oh es ten". It's hard to break the habit after 5+ years though.

grzm 10y ago
Last vestiges of Roman enumeration :). Saw an article the other day that said "Part I of V". I shook my head.
- majewsky 10y ago
  Why? "Part I of V" is crystal-clear. It's the nineth part of a 22-part series, preceded by "Part H" and succeeded by "Part J". :)
  - DanielDent 10y ago
    This is such a good example of the difference between Strongly typed and Stringly typed.
vacri 10y ago
It was never really meant to be "OS 10", despite what the 'correct way' to say it was. Pure marketing. If it was really meant to be "OS 10", then they wouldn't have versions like "OS X 10.6", they'd just have "OS X.6" or "OS X.VI". How many people do you hear saying "OS ten ten point six"?
- deleted 10y ago
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- brobinson 10y ago
  >The current version of Mac OS is Mac OS X (pronounced "Mac O-S ten"). https://support.apple.com/kb/TA22541?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/TA22541?locale=en_US
  - 3poundkilograms 10y ago
    I think he meant that it was not supposed to be "Mac Oh Es Ten Ten Nine Two", but rather "Mac Oh Es Ten Nine Two" when referring to Mac OS X 10.9.2. Do you think people said "Mac Oh Es Nine Nine One", or "Mac Oh Es Nine One" for Mac OS 9.1?
    - hunter2_ 10y ago
      I think you write (and say as /ten/) "X" as the major version if you're also using the non-numeric minor version: "Mac OS X Snow Leopard"; but you omit it when using the numeric minor version so as to also use the Arabic major version: "Mac OS 10.6". You say /ten/ either way and never twice.
      - 3poundkilograms 10y ago
        People seem to quite commonly write "Mac OS X 10.6", which duplicates the 10. News articles and Wikipedia included. I don't remember what the machines themselves reported, though. I don't have anything pre-Sierra anymore.
- marblar 10y ago
  I'm pretty sure it was meant to be OS 10 the whole time. It succeeded OS 9.
- tedmiston 10y ago
  I've heard employees try to avoid using the dot notation when they speak in favor of just saying the codename.

I always thought it was pretty clear to say "os ecks" myself, but I've heard internally / correctly people say "oh es ten". It's hard to break the habit after 5+ years though.

grzm 10y ago

Last vestiges of Roman enumeration :). Saw an article the other day that said "Part I of V". I shook my head.

majewsky 10y ago
Why? "Part I of V" is crystal-clear. It's the nineth part of a 22-part series, preceded by "Part H" and succeeded by "Part J". :)
- DanielDent 10y ago
  This is such a good example of the difference between Strongly typed and Stringly typed.

vacri 10y ago

It was never really meant to be "OS 10", despite what the 'correct way' to say it was. Pure marketing. If it was really meant to be "OS 10", then they wouldn't have versions like "OS X 10.6", they'd just have "OS X.6" or "OS X.VI". How many people do you hear saying "OS ten ten point six"?

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brobinson 10y ago
>The current version of Mac OS is Mac OS X (pronounced "Mac O-S ten"). https://support.apple.com/kb/TA22541?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/TA22541?locale=en_US
- 3poundkilograms 10y ago
  I think he meant that it was not supposed to be "Mac Oh Es Ten Ten Nine Two", but rather "Mac Oh Es Ten Nine Two" when referring to Mac OS X 10.9.2. Do you think people said "Mac Oh Es Nine Nine One", or "Mac Oh Es Nine One" for Mac OS 9.1?
  - hunter2_ 10y ago
    I think you write (and say as /ten/) "X" as the major version if you're also using the non-numeric minor version: "Mac OS X Snow Leopard"; but you omit it when using the numeric minor version so as to also use the Arabic major version: "Mac OS 10.6". You say /ten/ either way and never twice.
    - 3poundkilograms 10y ago
      People seem to quite commonly write "Mac OS X 10.6", which duplicates the 10. News articles and Wikipedia included. I don't remember what the machines themselves reported, though. I don't have anything pre-Sierra anymore.
marblar 10y ago
I'm pretty sure it was meant to be OS 10 the whole time. It succeeded OS 9.
tedmiston 10y ago
I've heard employees try to avoid using the dot notation when they speak in favor of just saying the codename.