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		majewsky on Jan 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Common pronunciations of Linux directories, comman... I pronounce it "etsy". "et cetera" was never an option for me because I learned that it's short for "editable text configuration". (Also "et cetera" just doesn't make much sense. If anything, /usr is "et cetera".)

zerocrates on Jan 10, 2021 [–]

"editable text configuration" has to be a backronym, right? Not that it really matters, of course.

"Etsy" has the value of brevity when speaking, but I can't bring myself to feel natural saying it. None of the other options sound great either.

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