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Here, I thought that Apple had sold Quick Time.

by mildweed 14y ago

haakon 14y ago
People will never learn to spell Qt correctly. Never. Same with pronunciation.
- mikevm 14y ago
  How do you pronounce it? I say "Cue-tee", but I heard some people calling it "Cute" (wtf?).
  - dserodio 14y ago
    It's pronounced "Cute": http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/that-smartphone-is-so-qt/?pagewanted=all http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/that-smartphone-is-...
  - haakon 14y ago
    I'm not sure I agree that "cutie" is any better than "cute". :-)
  - joezydeco 14y ago
    I had always heard it as "cue-tee" because of their tribute to Xt. Then Nokia came along, and all of their sales staff were saying "cute".
    - georgemcbay 14y ago
      It was "cute" pre-Nokia. I was doing Qt development in the 3.0-4.0 timeframe (3.x was release, 4.0 was in beta) back in 2004/2005 when Trolltech was independent and I attended a Trolltech sponsored conference at which all the "Trolls" called it "Cute". You can't pin this one on Nokia. FWIW, despite knowing the "real" pronunciation, I refuse to call it anything other than Q-T ("Cue-tee") aloud
  - eaurouge 14y ago
    It's "cute", because she is or, more importantly, because the Trolls thought she was. She was "cute" before the Trolls sold her to Nokia; I think she still is.
  - dalke 14y ago
    Listen to the videos from the most recent QT Developer Days. Everyone says "cute", not "cue-tee."
  - seany 14y ago
    I have a friend who's a PM at digia (ex Nokia), she pronounces it "cute".
- rvkennedy 14y ago
  You know why this is? Because there is no correct pronunciation in English for two consecutive consonants. Similarly, SQL is not pronounced "sequel", because it contains no vowels. TeX is not pronounced "teck" because there no letter chi in the Roman alphabet. All these cutesy insider pronunciations only serve to confuse and alienate the uninitiated, it's elitist nonsense.
  - freehunter 14y ago
    Or if you deal in it every day, saying sequel comes more natural than saying ess cue ell. There's a lot more legitimately confusing things in the world of IT than pronunciation of commonly used names. I don't fight my colleagues when they say "Suss" rather than the correct pronunciation of Suse Linux, because when it comes down to it, language is just an agreement that certain sounds mean something to the group that they are being spoken to. There's nothing inherent about the sanctity of language. If you can't be flexible, you might not be cut out for it.
  - IWentToTheWoods 14y ago
    I've always thought that this, rather than any misunderstanding of what makes up an OS, is why "GNU/Linux" never caught on.
  - dman 14y ago
    Lighten up!
  - untog 14y ago
    I pronounced SQL by saying each letter for a long time, as I'd learnt all about it online and never spoken to anyone about it. It didn't help that I often worked with MSSQL, or... Messequel?
    - pooriaazimi 14y ago
      "Sequel Server", maybe? It's more pleasing to the ears.
      - 14y ago

Here, I thought that Apple had sold Quick Time.

haakon 14y ago

People will never learn to spell Qt correctly. Never. Same with pronunciation.

mikevm 14y ago
How do you pronounce it? I say "Cue-tee", but I heard some people calling it "Cute" (wtf?).
- dserodio 14y ago
  It's pronounced "Cute": http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/that-smartphone-is-so-qt/?pagewanted=all http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/that-smartphone-is-...
- haakon 14y ago
  I'm not sure I agree that "cutie" is any better than "cute". :-)
- joezydeco 14y ago
  I had always heard it as "cue-tee" because of their tribute to Xt. Then Nokia came along, and all of their sales staff were saying "cute".
  - georgemcbay 14y ago
    It was "cute" pre-Nokia. I was doing Qt development in the 3.0-4.0 timeframe (3.x was release, 4.0 was in beta) back in 2004/2005 when Trolltech was independent and I attended a Trolltech sponsored conference at which all the "Trolls" called it "Cute". You can't pin this one on Nokia. FWIW, despite knowing the "real" pronunciation, I refuse to call it anything other than Q-T ("Cue-tee") aloud
- eaurouge 14y ago
  It's "cute", because she is or, more importantly, because the Trolls thought she was. She was "cute" before the Trolls sold her to Nokia; I think she still is.
- dalke 14y ago
  Listen to the videos from the most recent QT Developer Days. Everyone says "cute", not "cue-tee."
- seany 14y ago
  I have a friend who's a PM at digia (ex Nokia), she pronounces it "cute".
rvkennedy 14y ago
You know why this is? Because there is no correct pronunciation in English for two consecutive consonants. Similarly, SQL is not pronounced "sequel", because it contains no vowels. TeX is not pronounced "teck" because there no letter chi in the Roman alphabet. All these cutesy insider pronunciations only serve to confuse and alienate the uninitiated, it's elitist nonsense.
- freehunter 14y ago
  Or if you deal in it every day, saying sequel comes more natural than saying ess cue ell. There's a lot more legitimately confusing things in the world of IT than pronunciation of commonly used names. I don't fight my colleagues when they say "Suss" rather than the correct pronunciation of Suse Linux, because when it comes down to it, language is just an agreement that certain sounds mean something to the group that they are being spoken to. There's nothing inherent about the sanctity of language. If you can't be flexible, you might not be cut out for it.
- IWentToTheWoods 14y ago
  I've always thought that this, rather than any misunderstanding of what makes up an OS, is why "GNU/Linux" never caught on.
- dman 14y ago
  Lighten up!
- untog 14y ago
  I pronounced SQL by saying each letter for a long time, as I'd learnt all about it online and never spoken to anyone about it. It didn't help that I often worked with MSSQL, or... Messequel?
  - pooriaazimi 14y ago
    "Sequel Server", maybe? It's more pleasing to the ears.
    - 14y ago