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The real debate is whether it's sudo or sudo.
I know it means "super user do" so should be pronounced "sue doo", but it just grates on my ear. To me it will always be "Sue dough"
Ah, yeah, that fucked me up too few months ago, there are several videos on the subject. I think it's a problem with words that are created as written first, and then got pronounced, in second place, like most tech lingo. As a non-native speaker those are always the hardest to speak correctly, and even english has no real consensus.
I'd like to introduce you to "GIF"
Pronounced "yiff"
Gyif
Also doesn't help that apparently it's named after a brand of peanut butter (why) that is only available in the states and nowhere else on earth.
Not exactly; the word is an acronym which the creator then chose to pronounce like the peanut butter.
Hiff, if you want to make up a Spanish pronunciation.