Pronunciation of words I nearly exclusively see in print is a big frustration of mine. I remember a decade ago trying to figure out if Linux was pronounced "Li

Pronunciation of words I nearly exclusively see in print is a big frustration of mine. I remember a decade ago trying to figure out if Linux was pronounced "Lih-nux" or "Lye-nux". I had originally assumed it was the latter because of the way I assume Linus Torvalds pronounces his name (I'm not so clear on that even), but found a write-up on the web where he cleared it up (and don't even get me started on Guh-New-Slash-Lih-Nux). Then lets go for SQL (es-queue-ell or sequel?), SCSI (very few would have guessed "scuzzy" if they hadn't already heard someone say it), my personal favorite "PWN" (I'm still not clear on that). I'm a non-JIF GIF pronouncer. I know how it's supposed to be pronounced, but it had been part of my vocabulary for almost a decade before I discovered the right pronunciation. And in North America, JIF is a very well advertised brand of peanut-butter. Person A: Can you send me that JIF? Person B: Sure (heads to fridge) I doubt I will ever say this (or even want to say this) correctly.