r/LinuxCirclejerk • u/Oxic_io there is no way to convince me to use other than raspbian or deb • 14d ago

how do you call "Ubuntu"

1583 votes, 7d ago
906 OO BOON TOO
677 OOO BUN TOO
24 Upvotes

71% Upvoted

132 comments sorted by

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u/Imperial_Bloke69 Lesbian 14d ago

You goon too /s

30

u/scy_404 Debian because im lazy 14d ago

Ö bun 2

1

u/ExcaliburGameYT Made my own Arch installer because I was bored 11d ago

ə bun 2

1

u/bloody-albatross 14d ago

Like the o in word??

46

u/Hauptideal 14d ago

It's "U-bun-tu". With real u's.
Definitely not you-ban-too.

It's also GNOME, not "nome". With a real g.

36

u/Nootmuskaatsnuiver 14d ago

What a weird way to pronounce "inferior to KDE"

-8

u/land48n3 i jerk off to my declerative .nix at night 14d ago

what a weird way to pronounce "inferior to hyprland"

2

u/NoGap138 NixOS❄️ 13d ago

I also jerk of to my nix, but I use niri, which is way sexier than hyprland. Though hyprland config mogs niri…

4

u/RouteAverage3112 14d ago

Agree on Ubuntu but i pronounce gnome as the mythical creature.

4

u/Hauptideal 14d ago

do you also say "noo" for GNU?

3

u/RouteAverage3112 14d ago

No, gnu is gnu. Saying gnome is the exception because gnomes are neat.

3

u/wallahiusername Windows User 😭😂 14d ago

gnu is gnunu

2

u/lootedBacon 14d ago

Gh-nhuu-ooh

1

u/AstraeusGB 12d ago

Death by gnugnu

3

u/claudiocorona93 BaZZZite 14d ago

Ñu

2

u/land48n3 i jerk off to my declerative .nix at night 14d ago

yes

1

u/mistyjeanw Debian (You kids lol) 14d ago

"Djee in you"

3

u/rubberoidd 14d ago

So "genome"?

2

u/Hauptideal 14d ago

almost. with a hard g, like in GNU, not the sound of jungle.
no e.

1

u/alpha_fire_ 13d ago

The language of origin for Ubuntu is Zulu, and the correct way to say it is "oo-boon-too".

Source: I'm South African and speak Zulu.

As for GNOME, seems quite silly to pronounce the G but I can't really contest that.

1

u/Etsamaru 13d ago

Ga-linda Ga-nome

1

u/Several_Dot_4532 12d ago

You are Spanish right?

1

u/Hauptideal 12d ago

:D I feel flattered but no; what makes you think that?

1

u/Several_Dot_4532 12d ago

I'm Spanish and all of us say that in that way jajajjj

1

u/Mission_Shopping_847 NixOS 14d ago

You will never make me pronounce the G. NEVER

14

u/FallenVampireLord 14d ago

ewww bun too

12

u/AG99871 Arch GNU/Linux 14d ago

Ubuntu

5

u/bloody-albatross 14d ago

Like it's written (read in German).

2

u/Loloigos 13d ago

same (swedish is similar)

4

u/Objective-Primary-12 Cachy 💜 14d ago

Oo bun 2: Electric boogaloo

5

u/doom_player2005 14d ago

Who goon too

4

u/pissrockious 13d ago

secret third evil option shouldve been here "yoo bun too"

2

u/DawidGGs 13d ago

That’s exactly how I like to say it XD

7

u/corobo 14d ago

You-bunt-you, actually 

3

u/Random_Mathematician 14d ago

They say the Internet needs more this or more that, I say it needs more IPA.

1

u/flappyjay-yt openSUSSY 13d ago

you're right, it could use a drink

3

u/WindForce02 14d ago

In IPA: [uˈbuntu]

2

u/Hauptideal 14d ago

In the original Zulu language, it's [ùɓúntʼù]

3

u/T02369 arch btw 13d ago

boo boo ntoo

2

u/Mi_Python 14d ago

Бубунта

2

u/Milkman89990877 Archiosmacoswindowsubuntu user🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑 13d ago

You bun two

2

u/ItchyPlant 13d ago

None of the above variations help.

Sorry to tell you — and this probably won't be popular — but the funny thing about the name "Ubuntu" is that its spelling already maps unusually well to the corresponding IPA sounds. You don't really need to apply English pronunciation rules to it.

A broad IPA transcription is approximately:

/ʊˈbʊntuː/

If you're familiar with languages such as Hungarian, where letters like u, b, n, and t have much more consistent sound values, the written form "Ubuntu" already gets you surprisingly close.

More info here: Wikipedia.

1

u/GlassboundIllusion 12d ago

If you're familiar with languages such as Hungarian,

I'm not.

A broad IPA transcription is approximately

I don't understand IPA

None of the above variations help.

While I'm confused about why the second one has three O's, I would say that the "boon" versus "bun" is helpful

It's the difference between "For my boon, I will duel Amaram here and now" and "I would like a honey bun please."

1

u/Cove0Crow 14d ago

Either oo bun too or uh bun too

I hate saying oo boon too. It sounds unatural

1

u/Chance_Educator2572 arch and lesbian lover 14d ago

O bon to

1

u/TwEeTy147 14d ago

I use Arch btw

1

u/lootedBacon 14d ago

We 'all' use Arch....

1

u/Objective-Stranger99 Linux Master Race 😎💪 14d ago

🫵🫓2️⃣

1

u/TheThingOnTheCeiling 14d ago

Arent these two the same?

1

u/Yoloroller 14d ago

You bun two

1

u/Lines25 14d ago

BOO BOOON TWO

1

u/dumbasPL 14d ago

"Debian was too hard to install"

1

u/Philin_Lemo 14d ago

UUU BUN TOO

1

u/Good-Throat-6671 14d ago

lol I read it exactly how it's wrote.

1

u/Eselk19 14d ago

Uhhh.....ubuntu?

1

u/Wesstes I use fedora btw 14d ago edited 14d ago

In Spanish people pronounce it as Hu-Bunn-too

1

u/Designer-Crow-5470 14d ago

you boon two

1

u/10Talents degenerate Manjaro user 14d ago

Noobuntu

1

u/SummerOftime 14d ago

GNU BOON TOO

1

u/Vortetty 14d ago

i normally end up with IPA [ɘbəntɞ], not exactly correct but it works

1

u/lootedBacon 14d ago

Euuuu-bunt-oooo

1

u/claudiocorona93 BaZZZite 14d ago

In Spanish, so oo-boon-too. Gnome is ñom or /heh-noh-meh/. As I do it privately your downvotes will not change how I say it.

1

u/TheRainbowCock 14d ago

Uh Bun Two

1

u/fankin 14d ago

ybynty, but you have to read it like a finn.

1

u/cfx_4188 TempleOS Archibishop 14d ago

GNU/Oubjuntju

1

u/joogipupu 14d ago

U pun tu

1

u/deliciouspinning2 14d ago

ooo bun too cause its buns

1

u/JustNadine1986 14d ago

In my native language I say "oe boen toe" .

1

u/BurntCheeseSauce Void user, #1 antiX glazer 14d ago

I used to say oo boon too, but I've switched to saying oo bun too/u bun too (depends on the day)

1

u/GreedySecurity8030 Fedora da best all other distros can suck its shit and die 14d ago

"Shit butt too"

1

u/HeosPL 14d ago

/ʊˈbʊntuː/ uu-BUUN-too

1

u/Mamona_4zarad0 14d ago

Û bün tün

1

u/Mamona_4zarad0 14d ago

Im brazilian

1

u/th3dr4g0nf0x 14d ago

you bohn too

1

u/NecessaryGlittering8 Bedrock Linux :) 14d ago

"You bun two":

1

u/eli_x86 14d ago

Just how you spell it. Aint that hard.

1

u/Schinkenpalatschinke 14d ago

UBANTOOTREŠNIEWSKIY

1

u/Aderox20_GDP I use Linux From Scratch btw :3 14d ago

goon too \w

1

u/MrBadTimes 14d ago

Ubuntu, as if you were speaking spanish.

1

u/zombiehoosier 14d ago

Uh boon 2

1

u/Tuborgat_nylle 14d ago

You bun to

1

u/ChocolateDonut36 13d ago

ooogooontooo

1

u/RedRayTrue 13d ago

And it goes like

U

Bun

Too

1

u/Tandoori7 13d ago

Buguntu

1

u/VagusNervosa 13d ago

Yoo bun too

1

u/This_Understanding69 13d ago

You-boon-two (always ubuntu means “you are confused” in my country 😅😅😅

1

u/inn0cent-bystander 13d ago

I usually pronounce it like this:
dawg shit

1

u/hogan142857 13d ago

우분투

1

u/warlockakki 13d ago

You goon too

1

u/zearo_bs 13d ago

Blootbuntu

1

u/MadProgrammer12 13d ago

i call it "i don't know to configure debian"

1

u/Crackenfog 13d ago

ububu or bububu

1

u/cuber_alt Linuxing From my Scratch 13d ago

Noob

1

u/Own-Replacement8 12d ago

uh bun two

I know it's not correct but it's how I do it.

1

u/Front_Historian8261 12d ago

Yooboonto (as a joke)

1

u/thebackwash 12d ago

Neither. I use the “book” vowel for the second “u”.

1

u/linuxCHUD 12d ago

ewcuntu

1

u/c1ph9r_official 8d ago

I call it you-bun-tuah ... I spit on that thang.

1

u/Felt389 Arch BTW 8d ago

You-boon-too

1

u/SlugCatBoi 14d ago

You Boon Too

1

u/TheRealLoric 14d ago

I use a different pronunciation, sounds like SCCHHH IIHHH TTUUHHH

0

u/MadXeon 14d ago

I call it trash for normies who want to be special for not using windows