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[–] GreatRam@lemmy.world 98 points 2 days ago (6 children)
[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

Ah, I see, you're a person of culture and distinguished taste.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

I feel like this one is relatively uncontroversial

URL pronounced as "earl" however? I'll spend all of my remaining energy in life ensuring the person saying it is stapled to the bottom of the Mariana trench with rebar

[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

It isn't Jason, it's Jayson. But yeah, basically indistinguishable.

And the only sane choice, as opposed to Sequel.

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Lots of people do, and it makes no sense.

How do you pronounce "J"?

How do you pronounce "son"?

Now put them together.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Oh I get it!

How do you pronounce "e"?

How do you pronounce "yes"?

Now put them together for "eyes"!

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sure, that explains why people pronounce it that way now. What I'm wondering is why people started pronouncing it that way in the first place. When I see the letters JSON, my brain parses it as J-SON. It's even a common first name ffs.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I couldn't say. There is an older guy in my group who calls it "Jason". Also we have 2 guys on my team named Jason and the back end jason now goes by J-Sahn. I have always read it j sahn and I have no idea why.

[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago

So, how do you say "J" then?

"ᒋ"?

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

LOL! I wouldn't pronounce "J son" like Jason, either!

"Son" is pronounced "sun". Jason is pronounced Jay-sin.

Also, I've had coworkers named Jason, and I want to be able to say "Use JSON" without it sounding like I'm saying "Use Jason".

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

You sound like a fun person to work with.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

But only if you do it like Heavy Rain.