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Do people really pronounce it this way...? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 months ago by Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 168 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I've always pronounced it Ass-key

[–] AtomicHotSauce@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Count me amongst the Ass-keyers.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Welcome to the fold. First rule of 🍑 🔑: claim territory, and keep the isekai clan off our turf.

They give you trouble, you call me, captchisce? 🤌

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

capped-key-shay?

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was trying to combine Captcha with Capisce (pronounced capeesh, like an italian mobster) as a joke, but I'm not sure it landed 😅

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Ah, I get it now. :)

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago

There seems to be a rendering error in three places here.␄

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I, too, am an ass-key man

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

😎 🇦 🇸 🇸 🇰 🇪 🇾 🔹 🇲 🇦 🇳 ™️

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Hey everybody, the Asskey Man's back!

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And ready for an Extreme Saxophone Solo! 🎷

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That's the only way I've ever heard it pronounced in actual speech. Of course, the only times I have heard people talking about it IRL is in CS classes and the like. I don't know many tech nerds IRL to have conversations about computer standards with.