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I just want to point out that pronouncing etc as etsy isn't universal by any means - in fact I suspect it's a very American pronunciation. If you pronounced it
by glitchcrab 6y ago
I just want to point out that pronouncing etc as etsy isn't universal by any means - in fact I suspect it's a very American pronunciation. If you pronounced it 'etsy' in a sentence here in the UK, people wouldn't understand what you're talking about.
- KineticLensman 6y agoAgree. Most English people at least would be nonplussed if you said "etsy etsy" rather than "etcetra etcetra" to indicate something that goes on and on.
- philwelch 6y agoAmerican here and I say “et cetera” when I mean “et cetera”, but /etc is “etsy”.
- glitchcrab 6y agoThat makes a little more sense. /etc is e-t-c for me, but I may be in the minority there.
- dingaling 6y agoMost UK English speakers would be confused if you used 'nonplussed' to mean confused... Human languages are hugely inefficient!
- OJFord 6y agoDo you mean AmE speakers? Because 'confused' is (roughly) what it means to me, a BrE speaker, but your comment made me curious and indeed Wiktionary gives def 2 (proscribed, US, informal) as 'unfazed, unaffected, or unimpressed' instead.
- alias_neo 6y agoAgreed. Nobody I work with has ever called it Etsy. Etsy is a shop where you buy handcrafted things online.
- combatentropy 6y agoOnly the directory is pronounced etsy. The rest of the time we say et cetera. I don't even know how widespread etsy is for the directory. I hardly ever hear anyone pronounce anything, since most communication among programmers is written.