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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JDavidHarper
Reply #22 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:36 PM
Reply #22 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:36 PM
How about pronouncing OS as one syllable (something similar to ahss-ex)?
Leo the Lion
Reply #23 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:39 PM
Reply #23 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:39 PM
Now this thread is really going into the gutter..........we are now talking about DICKS !!!!!!!!!!!!
Tech-Cat
Reply #24 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:43 PM
Reply #24 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:43 PM
"OS seX" "Office seX" (MS office for OS X), "Windows seX P", "Office seX P", and "Access seX P"
Doesn't it seem to coincidental that these products have the word "sex" subliminally hidden in their name? I use to think the idea that Apple and Microsoft meant to slip in "sex" was crazy, but now I am beginning to think the did slip it in on purpose. After all, sex sells.
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Doesn't it seem to coincidental that these products have the word "sex" subliminally hidden in their name? I use to think the idea that Apple and Microsoft meant to slip in "sex" was crazy, but now I am beginning to think the did slip it in on purpose. After all, sex sells.
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CerebroJD
Reply #25 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:48 PM
Reply #25 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:48 PM
We wont even go into detail about Longhorn will we. 
Tech-Cat
Reply #26 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:50 PM
Reply #26 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:50 PM
I wonder if Apple also found in their research, that the French word for 10 sounds like dicks, so market it as OS dix to the French speakers.
Leo the Lion
Reply #27 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:52 PM
Reply #27 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:52 PM
Tech Cat you are absolutely right there is a sexual undertone here.....what about Microsofts up and coming OS.........LONGHORN !!!!!!
Steady...........my mind is like a cesspit sometimes
Steady...........my mind is like a cesspit sometimes
Tech-Cat
Reply #28 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:54 PM
Reply #28 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:54 PM
Bill Gates has become the internet's most financially successful king of porn.
Leo the Lion
Reply #29 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:56 PM
Reply #29 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:56 PM
There will be pictures of him in Playboy next
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KarmaGirl
Reply #30 Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:02 PM
Reply #30 Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:02 PM
You think that's bad? We have a bunch of T-shirts around here promoting
Windows Server 2003. The slogan on the back is: "Do more with less".
Now, what guy is going to wear that one?
Windows Server 2003. The slogan on the back is: "Do more with less".
Now, what guy is going to wear that one?
CerebroJD
Reply #31 Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:03 PM
Reply #31 Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:03 PM
"And in other news, a merger between Microsoft and Playboy results in a naster debate over the new name: PlaySoft or MicroBoys"
Bangkokboy
Reply #32 Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:15 PM
Reply #32 Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:15 PM
OS XI will surely be Oh Sexi. there is no excaping this nefarious trend.
BTW - last time i checked, dix was "deese". get those nonfrancophile minds out of the gutter!
BTW - last time i checked, dix was "deese". get those nonfrancophile minds out of the gutter!
CerebroJD
Reply #33 Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:18 PM
Reply #33 Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:18 PM
Bob: "What operating system do you use?"
Joe: "Oh Sexy!"
Joe: "Oh Sexy!"
Bangkokboy
Reply #34 Thursday, June 19, 2003 2:25 PM
Reply #34 Thursday, June 19, 2003 2:25 PM
Hope this all answered your question, PA ten ten.
pjpowell
Reply #36 Thursday, June 19, 2003 2:49 PM
Reply #36 Thursday, June 19, 2003 2:49 PM
Always been OS Ten to me. The mac has always had OS and the number. Mac OS 6, 7, 8, 9, and now OS X. It doesn't make sense to me to call it OS Ex as it doesn't follow the pattern. It's the tenth version of the Mac OS not the Xth.
However having said that if you go to Apples site to look for updates to OS X you will see the following:
Mac OS X v10.2
Which makes no sense being pronouced Mac OS Ten Version 10.2
and sounds better as Mac OS Ex version 10.2
As it's not version 10.2 of Mac OS Ten (it's v10.2 of Mac OS) none of it makes any sense. It's all confusing.
Conclusion : Call it what you like. Some people will laugh at you for one pronunciation and others for another.
It's like the whole linux pronunciation thing. Absolutely pointless. Give me Windows anyday with it's simple and obvious pronunciations. Anybody here use Windows Exp or Ex Pee?
However having said that if you go to Apples site to look for updates to OS X you will see the following:
Mac OS X v10.2
Which makes no sense being pronouced Mac OS Ten Version 10.2
and sounds better as Mac OS Ex version 10.2
As it's not version 10.2 of Mac OS Ten (it's v10.2 of Mac OS) none of it makes any sense. It's all confusing.
Conclusion : Call it what you like. Some people will laugh at you for one pronunciation and others for another.
It's like the whole linux pronunciation thing. Absolutely pointless. Give me Windows anyday with it's simple and obvious pronunciations. Anybody here use Windows Exp or Ex Pee?
paxx
Reply #37 Thursday, June 19, 2003 3:39 PM
Reply #37 Thursday, June 19, 2003 3:39 PM
Yes, as Bangkokboy said, "dix" is pronounced "dees" in French. 
As for Windows XP, I don't think it works because the S of Windows is pronounced Z. So it would be moer like "Windows Zex Pee".
Anyway, it's not all that important, I was just wondering what was the right way to pronounce OS X, it seems there is no concensus, so I'll just keep on calling it OS Ten (I prefer that).
And Bangkokboy, that was funny... But maybe you shouldn't speak, huh?
grayhaze
Reply #38 Thursday, June 19, 2003 3:58 PM
Reply #38 Thursday, June 19, 2003 3:58 PM
I think if Apple intended it to be pronounced 'OS 10' then they would have marketed it as such. The shift over to the roman numeral is mainly down to the fact that the letter 'X' is perceived to make something sound futuristic. I've heard Steve Jobs refer to it as 'OSX' before, and as long as I have worked in a book store with constant contact with the main publisher handling OS X books the reps have also always called it 'OSX'. I think it's only really Mac users who call it 'OS 10', and that's mainly out of habit as they've been used to referring to the OS by its number.
kona0197
Reply #39 Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:46 PM
Being a die hard Mac fan that is true...
Thats very, very, very, very sad.
Reply #39 Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:46 PM
| Believe it or not, it is called O.S. 10 and true Apple aficionados will laugh at those who call it "X". |
Being a die hard Mac fan that is true...
| I don't talk about Macs. they are forbidden from my vocabulary. |
Thats very, very, very, very sad.
kona0197
Reply #40 Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:49 PM
Unfortanatly, I use (and hate on a regular basis) XP
Reply #40 Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:49 PM
| Anybody here use Windows Exp or Ex Pee? |
Unfortanatly, I use (and hate on a regular basis) XP
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Reply #21 Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:27 PM