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Pronouncing kubernetes was a problem for me as a greek (greek way would be kee-vaer-nee-tees and it means governor). Getting my mind to use the english word tri
by pantelisk 6y ago
Pronouncing kubernetes was a problem for me as a greek (greek way would be kee-vaer-nee-tees and it means governor). Getting my mind to use the english word tripped me out, and using the greek pronunciation didn't make sense to anybody.
Since trying to say "kubernetes" just trips my mind, I say kubernet (coobearnet). And use the same term "kubernet" for both "kubernetes" and the "k8s" shortcut.
Kubernet = "k for graph (eg k-anonymity, k-neighbor search), uber for awesome, net for network!" It's a very descriptive and easy to pronounce/memorize name that frees my mind from the greek pompousness.
PS. k0s, I would pronounce "Cause" or maybe... (to make a silly bloodborne reference) Kos, some say Kosm
- itaysk 6y agoAs a native Hebrew speaker, when I was first exposed to Kubernetes years ago I could not have overlooked the resemblance to the Hebrew word "kbarnit" which has the same meaning. I'm sure the Greek word which inspired the authors and the Hebrew word share origins (don't know which predates the other), but in this case the Hebrew word happens to sound closer to the common pronunciation which helped me pick it up quite intuitively