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[–] 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.