If SQL is pronounced "sequel" then surely DNS is pronounced "Dennis"?

[kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io]

@bloor @ekuber German companies with limited liability are “GmbH” which I always pronounce as gumbah.

[synec@messydesk.social]

@bloor It's always Dennis the Menace.

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@bloor
Or Denys

[pikesley@mastodon.me.uk]

@qwyrdo @me_ @bloor

Used to work with an Aussie guy who insisted that `mdadm` should be pronounced `muh-dad-em`

Actually that one's stuck with me and I have infected others since

[unsungnovelty@mastodon.social]

@neil @lanodan @bloor @g Exactly! It was right there!

[ilmari@social.treehouse.systems]

@qwyrdo @me_ @bloor "hot titty-piss", surely

[lykso@tiny.tilde.website]

@bloor I'm one of those weirdos that always pronounces the letters individually. :D

[riamaria@infosec.exchange]

@bloor De-nice (as pronounced in that one Key and Peele comedy skit)

[http_error_418@hachyderm.io]

@me_ @bloor and SSH is sushi

[unsungnovelty@mastodon.social]

@bloor While we are at it, let's also get to the bottom of gif vs jif as well??!!

[culturednyc@mastodon.social]

@bloor Ah Smutpee, the backbone of email!

[ericbono@social.vivaldi.net]

@bloor

Dennis...on's

[moira@mastodon.murkworks.net]

@bloor I come from the AU where it's pronounced "squirrel" and "dins."

[nxskok@cupoftea.social]

@jimfl @bloor I didn't know you were *called* DNS.

[randamumaki@mstdn.social]

@bloor Not Dennis. Denise.

[jimfl@hachyderm.io]

@silvermoon82 @bloor

No, it’s not Dennis
There’s just no way it’s Dennis
Welp. It was Dennis

[jimfl@hachyderm.io]

@nxskok @bloor “Well, you could query for a CNAME record…”

[ravenluni@furry.engineer]

@bloor No - its pronounced 'deeznuts'

[jimfl@hachyderm.io]

@nxskok @bloor @dennis@anarcho-syndicalist.commune

[rperezrosario@mastodon.social]

@bloor

According to this highly scientific poll, this matter has been settled.

https://mastodon.social/@rperezrosario/116186949216828144