How do you pronounce

sudo?

It never crossed my mind that there are indeed multiple ways to pronounce this until I found a thread on reddit about this.

So, “soo doh” or “soo doo”?

For me it’s “soo doh”!

I say it like “pseudo”, but I am Slavic, I have the God-given right to mispronounce words. Also, while I am perfectly aware that the first “k” is silent in “knock”, I am always tempted to pronounce it – it requires a lot of self-control not to do it, not to mention being completely sober…


NB: Just to clarify, I say “sudo” like an Englishman would say “pseudo”. On the other hand, I say “pseudo” with an audible “p”. I don’t say “psudo”, I’m not that Slavic… Sorry for the confusion…

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Good idea for an alias - pseudo pacman -Syu. The updates are kind of not real. :rofl:

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Never heard “Pseudo” before when it comes to sudo. Where does this one come from?

Super user do = Sudo

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I somehow always pronounced it as

su - doh

I know it is wrong, but I can’t change now

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I use “doas”, btw.
Pronounced as “do as”. :wink:

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Although i always say su doh i know as @c00ter said it is super user do. So is it really su do? :thinking:

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How does one pronounce the word “Judo?”

You are same as me then
:rofl:

ju - doh

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Maybe it’s Judu! :rofl:

Edit: Or should i say Ju du!

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:musical_note: “Now go do that voodoo that you do so well?”

I say it like:

HONK-HONK!

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That’s too generic

:clown_face:

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From the official documentation at sudo.ws/docs:

How do you pronounce ‘sudo’?

The official pronunciation is soo-doo (for su ‘do’). However, an alternate pronunciation, a homophone of ‘pseudo’, is also common.

Either “soo-doo” or “soo-doh” is acceptable.

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Somebody’s the life of the party. But not you. Not you.
:rofl:

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I will have you know that I throw the best parties you’ll ever see.

In fact, here’s a photo from one of my recent birthday bashes:

accordian_cat_party

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Wow wow wow!!!

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Is this even legal?! :sweat_smile:

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We rocked the house till almost 9 pm!

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Holy cow, a whole 30 minutes past your bedtime! Too bad @keybreak wasn’t there as a clown making balloon animals.

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