Just curious, how do you pronounce OS X?
Thursday, June 19, 2003 by paxx | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I always assumed it was pronounced "O.S. ten", but today I heard a girl call it "O.S. Ex". I started laughing repeating "O.S. Sex"? The she tells me "Yeah, that's the way it'S said in English", being French I really could not argue much with her cause I must admit I haven't heard it very often said aloud in English (maybe a few times on TEch TV, but I'm pretty sure they call it "O.S. Ten". Anyway, I have serious doubts that she is right.
So, is it "O.S. ten" or "O.S. Ex" (OS Sex)? 
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Reply #3 Thursday, June 19, 2003 7:11 AM
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Reply #4 Thursday, June 19, 2003 7:20 AM
Really? Intersting. Funny when you always see something written down, you just assume a pronounciation.
But OS Ex DOES sound exactly like OS Sex when it's said fast. 
Reply #6 Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:22 AM
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Reply #7 Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:06 AM
J/K
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Reply #8 Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:21 AM
We in the IT department call it OS ten though.Reply #9 Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:28 AM
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Reply #11 Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:56 AM
It is I who was laughed at when using "O.S.Ex" by none other than a sales rep., who by the way caused my loss interest in Macs, plus they cost too much.
Reply #12 Thursday, June 19, 2003 11:04 AM
CerebroJD thinks O.S. Sex is funny!
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Reply #17 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:02 PM
OS X is how they started out marketing it before it was released. (That and "aqua", but that was their code name). The "X" is not just some funky code name, it really is from the roman numeral 10. OS 10 = OS X. OS X is just much more catchy sounding than OS 10. It's just marketing crap.
They never marketed OS 9 as anything but OS 9.
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Reply #20 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:18 PM
It never occured to me to call it OS Ex. To me, it was always clear that the X in OS X was the roman numeral for 10, and therefore always assumed it was pronounced "ten".
That and the fact that over here, in Quebec, I have never heard anybody prononce it as a letter in French, but always as the number: "OS dix".
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Reply #1 Thursday, June 19, 2003 6:53 AM
But now i shall say it and always have OS.Sex in the back of my mind, and no doubt it'll slip out now and again