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Just curious, how do you pronounce OS X?

June 19, 2003 6:47:36 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

I always assumed it was pronounced "O.S. ten", but today I heard a girl call it "O.S. Ex". I started laughing repeating "O.S. Sex"? The she tells me "Yeah, that's the way it'S said in English", being French I really could not argue much with her cause I must admit I haven't heard it very often said aloud in English (maybe a few times on TEch TV, but I'm pretty sure they call it "O.S. Ten". Anyway, I have serious doubts that she is right.

So, is it "O.S. ten" or "O.S. Ex" (OS Sex)?

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Reply #1 June 19, 2003 6:53:27 AM
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I've always said O.S.Ex

But now i shall say it and always have OS.Sex in the back of my mind, and no doubt it'll slip out now and again
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Reply #2 June 19, 2003 7:04:44 AM
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I do it like Steve Jobs, Jage-wire
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Reply #3 June 19, 2003 7:11:04 AM
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Well, both O.S. ten and O.S. Ex would be correct.  It is verion 10 of the OS, but I typically here it called OS Ex.  (O.S. Sex is just plian wrong in so many ways... )
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Reply #4 June 19, 2003 7:20:31 AM
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Really? Intersting. Funny when you always see something written down, you just assume a pronounciation.

But OS Ex DOES sound exactly like OS Sex when it's said fast.

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Reply #5 June 19, 2003 7:38:09 AM
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Oh, sex?



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Reply #6 June 19, 2003 9:22:22 AM
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Believe it or not, it is called O.S. 10 and true Apple aficionados will laugh at those who call it "X".


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Reply #7 June 19, 2003 10:06:59 AM
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O.S. "ten"...but I'm not an Apple afficionado...and I don’t laugh at people who mispronounce OS names…I laugh at people that use Apple…

J/K
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Reply #8 June 19, 2003 10:21:53 AM
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At work, I hear it pronounced both ways all the time, often followed by "how do you say that?" We in the IT department call it OS ten though.
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Reply #9 June 19, 2003 10:28:04 AM
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Windows XP is another "adult OS". Notice that if said fast Windows XP can sould like "Windows Sex P".
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Reply #10 June 19, 2003 10:36:47 AM
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OMG. One of the most immature posts on the msgboard that I've ever seen that was still on the subject. But it's pretty funny. I always said OS Ex. But I never really used it in a normal verbal conversation. I don't talk about Macs. they are forbidden from my vocabulary.
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Reply #11 June 19, 2003 10:56:09 AM
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For the record:

It is I who was laughed at when using "O.S.Ex" by none other than a sales rep., who by the way caused my loss interest in Macs, plus they cost too much.



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Reply #12 June 19, 2003 11:04:53 AM
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Oh. Ess. Ecks.; OSX.; O S Ex;

CerebroJD thinks O.S. Sex is funny!
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Reply #13 June 19, 2003 11:30:14 AM
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Get you mind out of the gutter, paxxy. Over here people say "oh es ix". I have never heard anyone use the X as a ten.
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Reply #14 June 19, 2003 11:32:46 AM
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X= roman numeral 10
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Reply #15 June 19, 2003 11:51:06 AM
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Duh. craeonics was referring to the X in OS X, people over here see it as an X and not so much as a ten
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Reply #16 June 19, 2003 11:57:38 AM
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How do you pronounce Apple's previos operating system? OS IX ("eye" "ex") ? I always called it OS 9.
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Reply #17 June 19, 2003 12:02:08 PM
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OS X is how they started out marketing it before it was released.   (That and "aqua", but that was their code name).  The "X" is not just some funky code name, it really is from the roman numeral 10.  OS 10 = OS X.  OS X is just much more catchy sounding than OS 10.  It's just marketing crap.

They never marketed OS 9 as anything but OS 9.

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Reply #18 June 19, 2003 12:04:32 PM
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Previous systems used arabic numbers, so everyone called them MacOS [number], I'd say.
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Reply #19 June 19, 2003 12:10:50 PM
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By the way, I found it all highly suspious how WindowsXP used an X as well. And then macromedia came out with their aptly title cross platform Studio MX (Flash, Dreamweaver and some other apps). Which one was first? OS X or WinXP?
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Reply #20 June 19, 2003 12:18:33 PM
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It never occured to me to call it OS Ex. To me, it was always clear that the X in OS X was the roman numeral for 10, and therefore always assumed it was pronounced "ten".

That and the fact that over here, in Quebec, I have never heard anybody prononce it as a letter in French, but always as the number: "OS dix".

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Reply #21 June 19, 2003 12:27:41 PM
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Hmm, thats a cool way! OS Dix
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Reply #22 June 19, 2003 12:36:42 PM
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How about pronouncing OS as one syllable (something similar to ahss-ex)?
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Reply #23 June 19, 2003 12:39:36 PM
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Now this thread is really going into the gutter..........we are now talking about DICKS !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reply #24 June 19, 2003 12:43:59 PM
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"OS seX" "Office seX" (MS office for OS X), "Windows seX P", "Office seX P", and "Access seX P"

Doesn't it seem to coincidental that these products have the word "sex" subliminally hidden in their name? I use to think the idea that Apple and Microsoft meant to slip in "sex" was crazy, but now I am beginning to think the did slip it in on purpose. After all, sex sells.
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Reply #25 June 19, 2003 12:48:20 PM
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We wont even go into detail about Longhorn will we.
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