[sudo-users] What is the correct pronunciation

Paul Stepowski p.stepowski at qut.edu.au
Mon May 14 20:15:29 EDT 2007


SUper user DO.  Rhymes with voodoo.

I usually hear it pronounced SU DOH!  (a la Homer Simpson), which is incorrect.

P.

Brian Gupta wrote:
> Interestingly enough, I have never heard it pronounced as anything but
> "Pseudo".
> 
> -Brian
> 
> On 5/14/07, Michael Potter <pottmi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Todd,
>>
>> There seems to be some disagreement on wikipedia about the correct
>> pronunciation of sudo.   To me what you wrote below is quite clear,
>> but it might be helpful if you declare that correct pronunciation is
>> _not_: sue dough, where dough is like bread dough.
>>
>> That is, unless sue dough is a correct alternate pronunciation.
>>
>> Thanks for all your hard work,
>> --
>> Michael Potter
>>
>>
>> On 7/25/06, Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller at courtesan.com> wrote:
>>> The correct pronunciation is sue due / soo doo for "superuser do".
>>>
>>>  - todd
>>>
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