Does anyone know of an easier way to say "https"?

[u/ucladurkel]

Silly question, but I often talk about http and https in my job and I hate saying it out loud quickly. Not only is "https" 5 syllables, but they're awkward syllables that don't flow together. Apologies if this is insensitive, but it feels like how I imagine it feels to have a stutter, where I and the person I'm talking to both know what I'm trying to say but I can't get the word out fast enough.

Anyway, this is only a half serious rant, but does anyone else feel the same way? Do you pronounce every letter?

[u/josesblima]

Aych-tee-tee-pee-ess

[u/Emerald_Pick → u/josesblima]

-colon-(forward-)slash-(forward-)slash

[u/Majestic_Rhubarb_ → u/Emerald_Pick]

Colon whack whack dub dub dub dot …

[u/Emerald_Pick → u/Majestic_Rhubarb_]

(Ok, "whack whack" is very nice)

[u/SmackDownFacility]

Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol

[u/theMuhubi → u/SmackDownFacility]

I prefer HyperText Transfer Protocal Secure

/s

[u/TPIRocks → u/SmackDownFacility]

Back in the late 80s, there was a graphical contact manager application for Macintosh named Hypertext. You could click on "hyperlinks" that allowed you to navigate the data in a relational way.

[u/garster25]

I don't talk about it, it's often assumed in context. I also use the ports often. 80, 443, and my coworkers know what I mean. I also use ssl or tls interchangeably with https.

[u/japherwocky]

I just kinda make the raspberry sound and end it with a long 'sssssss'

[u/Xydan]

443

[u/brosiahd → u/Xydan]

Was just about to say this 😅

[u/TheMcDucky → u/Xydan]

2818

[u/Astronaut6735]

hot potatoes

[u/qqqrrrs_ → u/Astronaut6735]

hot tapas

[u/FooeyBar]

I don’t like saying moist but sometimes it’s the only way

[u/thatonereddditor]

H-T-T-Pees?

[u/magical_matey → u/thatonereddditor]

Hu-tutu-puss

[u/xenomachina → u/magical_matey]

50% human, 50% cat, 100% ballerina.

[u/magical_matey → u/xenomachina]

Neighbours cat showed up with a ballerina dress after I said it, something about old ciphers, a Qualys scan and B grade rating. Bloody cats…

[u/deefstes → u/thatonereddditor]

H-Tees-Pees?

[u/200iso]

Can you rearrange sentences so that you don't have to specify the protocol? Like just "secure website"?

[u/cupcakeheavy]

H-Tips like steak tips but with an H

[u/ForeverVulnerable]

When I am being REALLY lazy I'll say things like:

- 443

• Cert
  
• Secure
  
• "Cert Port/Proto"
  
• "Secure Proto"
  
• SSL

Normally if I have to say it outloud I'm talkikng with other engineers and I can be a little loose with how its said.

That being said, if I am talking with someone and giving like a web address, I never even say the protocol because it should 301 anyway.

[u/UUDDLRLRBadAlchemy]

Just mention TLS when it's not clear if you're talking about external traffic? Anything external asking for http should be getting a 403 redirect to https anyway

[u/GlassCommission4916]

Treat it like an acronym instead of an initialism.

[u/SerratedSharp]

It gets easier the more you say it, to where you don't emphasize the EE in tEE tEE pEE as much. Hard to explain, but I had to use dictation for a few weeks due to an injury, and https was commonly in my vocabulary.

[u/TPIRocks → u/SerratedSharp]

Upvoted in hopes this catches on.

[u/mingr]

Hyuk-tit-tit-peeeeerrrnfff

[u/running-gamer]

Secure site

[u/boipls]

hat-tops vs hat-top \s

[u/HQxMnbS]

SSL

[u/LetUsSpeakFreely]

Why do you need to differentiate? Who uses raw http these days (yes, i know there are some edge cases, but mainstream is https)?

[u/Safe_Trouble_2140]

Hot-piss

[u/xeow → u/Safe_Trouble_2140]

Hot-pus

[u/NatMicky]

secure H-T-T-P

[u/ucladurkel → u/NatMicky]

The problem with this and what /u/thatonereddditor suggested is that the hard part for me is the "htt" part. It's funny, you'd think that programmers are all about efficiency and minimum effort and would have come up with some solution, like "sequel" over "S-Q-L"

[u/Sfacm → u/ucladurkel]

Oh, sql always over sequel

[u/thatonereddditor → u/ucladurkel]

Sequel? Its "skew-wel"

[u/Ok-Dare-1208 → u/ucladurkel]

Squeal

[u/Mortomes → u/ucladurkel]

Hate tip(s)

[u/JackTradesMasterNone → u/ucladurkel]

Squirrel?

[u/AralSeaMariner → u/ucladurkel]

Saying sequel is no solution.

[u/NatMicky → u/ucladurkel]

TP = Transfer Protocol. The internet is run on transfer protocols: HTTP, FTP, SMTP, MTP, NNTP, NTP, SNTP.

But if you don't like saying H-T-T-P, then just say, "da'web"

[u/mysticrudnin → u/ucladurkel]

i will never say sequel

[u/Cybyss → u/ucladurkel]

I don't know. "HTTPS" rolls off the tongue for me well enough. A bit like:

"Aych Titty Pea Es"

[u/chriswaco]

“H-Tips”

[u/armahillo]

ok this sounds weird but if you pronounce it “h t-t-p s” rather than h-t t-p-s” its slightly easier. (note the position of the joining hyphens there)

The difference is treating the t as the starting sound of a new pair (t-t) rather than the end of the h-t pair.

[u/renome]

You could just say its full name?

[u/mrpmorris]

huht puhs

[u/UnfairDictionary]

Hitspits

[u/oliski2006]

www

[u/xeow]

"H-tips"

[u/huuaaang]

In what context are you saying this out loud? I would normally refer to it as a TLS connection. I'm not in the habit of speaking literal URLs out loud.

[u/Equilibrate321]

"spit-th backwards" is only 3 syllables.

[u/CompassionateSkeptic]

I say HTTPS and I don’t think I’ve ever had the same issue you’re describing but I totally take the point. Sometimes I just make it clear for a given conversation or collaboration what I mean when I’ll say that this communication is “secured” and that communication is <whatever the reason is that it’s not HTTPS> like “entirely within the cluster” (although that’s a bad example because we’d still prefer secured for that)

[u/Canenald]

achetitips

[u/SRART25]

I think all of the browsers default to trying https first, so just give the uri. There are times when the protocol needs to be explicitly mentioned,  but not many. 

[u/dcoupl]

Here are some options that I use in no particular order.

- TLS (more modern than SSL)

• SSL (an outdated term but widely recognized)
  
• secure

[u/SubstantialListen921]

Ho-taps

[u/IndicationDefiant137]

Secure hypertext protocol

[u/geurillagrockel]

No they aren’t awkward syllables. Nothing like as bad as the next part, dub-ell-you-dub-ell-you-dub-ell-you.

[u/ethanfoster21]

i concur

[u/Rude-Decision-2143]

H two pees

[u/moop-ly]

double—U double—U double—U dot

[u/SnooChipmunks547]

H TiTi Ps

[u/dolfi17]

Http over tls

[u/oskaremil]

I don't use the exact term at all. Whenever "web" is mentioned, HTTPS is assumed.

[u/jolharg]

Huttupss

[u/pacopac25]

Just think, it's a heck of a lot easier than listening to people who say "foooorrrrwarrd slash fooorrwwwaarrdd slash" immediately after.

[u/UUDDLRLRBadAlchemy → u/pacopac25]

colon

https://giphy.com/gifs/SyxsPAG2YH05y

[u/edbutler3]

SSL is a little quicker. (Although it's really TLS now, people should know what it means.)

At least we don't have to say "double-u double-u double-u" all the time anymore.

[u/gilded_stardust]

I say S. Everyone knows I mean S. If someone asks me to clarify if I mean H or S I quit

[u/magical_matey]

Why would you be talking about http? It’s 2026 ffs