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OR alternatively, just not coming up with a better alternative name that ECMAScript. If there was a catchier alternative name that was less awkward to pronounce

OR alternatively, just not coming up with a better alternative name that ECMAScript. If there was a catchier alternative name that was less awkward to pronounce, people might more happily have switched over.

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westurner 2y ago
"JS" because of the .js file extension. ECMAScript version history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript_version_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript_version_history "Java" is an island in Indonesia associated with coffee beans from the Dutch East Indies that Sun Microsystems named their portable software after. Coffee production in Indonesia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_production_in_Indonesia#Java https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_production_in_Indonesia... : > Certain estates age a portion of their coffee for up to five years, normally in large burlap sacks, which are regularly aired, dusted, and flipped.
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ryao 2y ago
Here is a novel idea. Just pronounce ECMA as a 2 syllable word using classical Latin pronunciation. Ecma becomes just as catchy as Java when pronounced that way. For English speakers who do not know classical Latin, just read this: Eck-Ma-Script Here is Eck for those who do not know: https://youtu.be/cqsDlZAK104 https://youtu.be/cqsDlZAK104 As for Ma, it is the second half of mama. That is actually /ɛkmɑskɹɪpt/ rather than /ekmaskɹɪpt/, but it is close enough.
- lofenfew 2y ago
  I was under the impression that this was the pronounciation that sounded like a skin disease.
  - ryao 2y ago
    I miss rote ECMAScript as EMCAScript. ECMA does not sound like a skin disease to me. EMCA might though.
    - stephen_g 2y ago
      The pronunciation that I assumed (also suggested by other replies), eck-ma, sounds very close to how ‘eczema’ is pronounced in much of the world.
- elnr 2y ago
  > Eck-Ma-Script I thought this is how it was generally pronounced, it's at least what I say. (It still sounds like a skin disease though.) Is there some other more popular pronunciation?

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westurner 2y ago

"JS" because of the .js file extension. ECMAScript version history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript_version_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript_version_history "Java" is an island in Indonesia associated with coffee beans from the Dutch East Indies that Sun Microsystems named their portable software after. Coffee production in Indonesia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_production_in_Indonesia#Java https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_production_in_Indonesia... : > Certain estates age a portion of their coffee for up to five years, normally in large burlap sacks, which are regularly aired, dusted, and flipped.

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ryao 2y ago

Here is a novel idea. Just pronounce ECMA as a 2 syllable word using classical Latin pronunciation. Ecma becomes just as catchy as Java when pronounced that way. For English speakers who do not know classical Latin, just read this: Eck-Ma-Script Here is Eck for those who do not know: https://youtu.be/cqsDlZAK104 https://youtu.be/cqsDlZAK104 As for Ma, it is the second half of mama. That is actually /ɛkmɑskɹɪpt/ rather than /ekmaskɹɪpt/, but it is close enough.

lofenfew 2y ago
I was under the impression that this was the pronounciation that sounded like a skin disease.
- ryao 2y ago
  I miss rote ECMAScript as EMCAScript. ECMA does not sound like a skin disease to me. EMCA might though.
  - stephen_g 2y ago
    The pronunciation that I assumed (also suggested by other replies), eck-ma, sounds very close to how ‘eczema’ is pronounced in much of the world.
elnr 2y ago
> Eck-Ma-Script I thought this is how it was generally pronounced, it's at least what I say. (It still sounds like a skin disease though.) Is there some other more popular pronunciation?