Vorbis - Jul 2001 - How do you pronounce 'Ogg Vorbis'?

Greets,

Every linux user that sets up a sound card using sndconfig heres Linus
pronouncing "Linux" - I confess that's how I learned to pronounce
it
right, until then I prononced it 'l-EYE-nucks' - I was wondering -
what's the correct pronounciation of 'Ogg Vorbis'?

I pronounce it 'OOOg' (a long 'O' sound or a portuguese
'U' if you
must know) but I imagine it can also be 'O-g' (short 'O') -
what's the
official word?

Sure, it's not that tough and the world won't come to a standstill but
why doesn't Monty - the guy that's soon gonna be in every
paper/website in the world - make an .OGG with those famous words:

"My name is Christopher 'Monty' Montgomery and I pronounce Ogg
Vorbis
'Ogg Vorbis'."

The file would also be a great demo, maybe even becoming the "My name
is Linus Torvalds..." of Ogg players!  :)

Just a suggestion,
Andre.

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Andre Kajita - Administrador da Rede wrote:
> Sure, it's not that tough and the world won't come to a standstill
but
> why doesn't Monty - the guy that's soon gonna be in every
> paper/website in the world - make an .OGG with those famous words:
> 
> "My name is Christopher 'Monty' Montgomery and I pronounce Ogg
Vorbis
> 'Ogg Vorbis'."
> 
> The file would also be a great demo, maybe even becoming the "My name
> is Linus Torvalds..." of Ogg players!  :)
This is a cute idea. I like it.

I suppose Jack or Monty would be the authoritative source for the
pronunciation, but just as a contrast to your version, I've always
pronounced Ogg Vorbis as I think any native English speaker (or at
least, American English speaker) would:

O = short, like the A in "father" or the O in "bother"
gg = hard, as in "egg"

V = English-style, like humming while saying an "f", as opposed to the
    W-like sound that Germans use for V
or = like the English word "or"
bis = rhymes with "kiss"; like "bliss" without the L

Accent on the first syllable of each word: OGG' VOR'bis.

Craig

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Andre Kajita - Administrador da Rede (admin@camarasjc.sp.gov.br) wrote:
> "My name is Christopher 'Monty' Montgomery and I pronounce Ogg
Vorbis
> 'Ogg Vorbis'."
Surely it rhymes with "frog orbits"?


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