> I suppose it's more syllables -- "ee tee cee" versus "et set err uh" or "et see" > I've never met anyone who pronounced /home "aich oh em ee" or /dev "dee ee

> I suppose it's more syllables -- "ee tee cee" versus "et set err uh" or "et see" > I've never met anyone who pronounced /home "aich oh em ee" or /dev "dee ee vee" I think fewer syllables is _exactly_ why people don't say those other pronunciations for /home and /dev. If there was a reasonable way to pronounce /etc as a single syllable, I'm almost 100% certain that would be how people pronounce it.