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Pronunciation question: Does Serde have one syllable or two? Looking at the word out of context, it seems the e at the end ought to be silent. But it's derived
by lmkg 7y ago
Pronunciation question: Does Serde have one syllable or two? Looking at the word out of context, it seems the e at the end ought to be silent. But it's derived as an abbreviation from SERialize/DEserialize. Does the author or community have a consensus on one of these being the "correct" form?
- nicoburns 7y agoI think it has two, although I wouldn't be confident in telling you what they are. I've always pronounced it sair-day (where sair rhymes with hair).
- gulbrandr 7y agoI would say two, I personally pronounce "de" like in DElaware.
- cuddlecake 7y agoIt's abserde to not use only one syllable! ... Sorry, just trying to be funny.
- wrigby 7y agoI'm not sure about the rust package, but in the hardware world SerDes ("serializer / deserializer") is pronounced "sir-deez."
- erickt 7y agoOriginal author of serde here. I call it sir-dee, but the current maintainer, dtolnay, calls it sear-day. But we really don't care how people pronounce it. It's really more of a neither / potato thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K75g7eRhH9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K75g7eRhH9M
- mercer 7y agoJust wanted to thank you for the great work. Thanks!
- dasKrokodil 7y agoTo me, pronouncing it seer-dee would make sense, because that's how I'd pronounce seer-ialize / dee-serialize. However, for some reason I still pronounce it sir-dee regardless :)