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how do you pronounce 'Java'? |
Ron Ofir
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May 2002
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[quote2] Yup, it does have pointer which are called reference objects or something like that. It's just that they are well hidden. Quote: I belive it was going to be called Oak after a tree outside one of the developers windows but that name was allready being used in the software world for somthing else so they named it after a brand of coffee called "Java".
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Why is it called Java?
Quote: We spell it here the way it is written
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Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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Nonnus29: and said Java coder described the game I'm currently working on as "excellent" yesterday. Nuff said Me happy \o/ -- |
Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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Coffee! BTW: What game? |
Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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The correct pronunciation is, of course, the natural way I would pronounce Java Quote: I had 2 Latin teachers who couldn't agree how to pronounce 'ego' I'd pronounce it (trying to transcribe to English) a-go, with a soft `g' as in English. Ego is also used as a Dutch word and there I'd pronounce it with a hard g (as in Scottish loch): a-cho. Quote: How do you say Jugoslavia? Yugoslavia, with the u as an oo in good and a hard g. Quote: How do you say Javier? (or Xavier, X-Man fans) Something like Yavi-e, though I'm not sure how to transcribe it in English. I'd pronounce it as French. |
Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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(To Richard) Anyway you've got more than enough ideas of your own, right? [EDIT] -- |
Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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Ben: So this is a non-work game? It's still Coffee. |
Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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It's a work game. -- |
nonnus29
Member #2,606
August 2002
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Sheesh, BP won't give us any info. What's with the allegroites that start working in the industry then clam up? (Shawn, korval, Bruce Perry, who am I forgetting?) |
Kitty Cat
Member #2,815
October 2002
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Quote: Though I suspect it would render in English as Yava. I've always heard java as jah-vah (emphasis on first syllable). If it was from another language and supposed to be pronounced Yah-vah, it should've been written as Yava in English. It's almost as bad as seeing Jesus and being told to pronounce it hey-zues. Quote: I'd pronounce it (trying to transcribe to English) a-go, with a soft `g' as in English. It's pronounced ee-goh (long e, and like the verb go). Quote: How do you say Javier? (or Xavier, X-Man fans) People here pronounce it Ek-zay-vee-er. Although then you have Xena which is pronounce Zee-nuh.. -- |
X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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Xavier should probably be pronounced like Xena, xylophone, xenophobe, xerox, et cetera — Zavier. Ego is ee-goh in English, straighforward in Swedish (yet I can't accurately transcribe it... it's neither ee-goh nor eh-goh). Java is jah-vah, like Jaweh or Jesus or Jack. If it's spelt with a J in English, it should be pronounced like J's normally are in English, eh? EDIT: Actually, I can't think of a single word in English beginning with X where it's pronounced "ecks", except for words like "X-ray", where the X is distinct and not part of the word as such. -- |
Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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Quote: It's almost as bad as seeing Jesus and being told to pronounce it hey-zues. The original spelling would be Iesus (or Iesos, possibly). Anyway, the first sound should definitable by a j-sound. Quote: long e
That's what I meant, but for some weird reason you English types write a long e sound as an a Quote: People here pronounce it Ek-zay-vee-er.
Well, a friend of mine pronounces it ksavir... |
Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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I always used to pronounce Xavier as X-Zavi-Er. |
gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Quote: How do you say Javier? (or Xavier, X-Man fans) Professor X is an exception, but otherwise I go with the Spanish pronunciation ("khavier")... -- |
LSd016
Member #3,561
May 2003
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Quote: How do you say Jugoslavia? Yoogoswavya ____________________________________________ |
Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Quote: How do you say Jugoslavia? You Go Slaw Vee ah. -- |
Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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Quote: What's with the allegroites that start working in the industry then clam up? (Shawn, korval, Bruce Perry, who am I forgetting?) Nice try. If you're that interested in Jagex, why not apply for a job? Then I get a big fat recruitment bonus. Yay. -- |
psycho
Member #5,042
September 2004
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Hey, I pronounce it "Iawa" Somewhere in Australia are the "Java Isles", |
Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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Quote: Somewhere in Australia are the "Java Isles"
If you meant the continent it belongs to, that's properly called Oceania. The land is the former Dutch East Indies, Indonesia for over fifty years now. |
jhuuskon
Member #302
April 2000
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Jawa is a Czech motorcycle manufacturer known for its extremely crappy quality. You don't deserve my sig. |
X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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Jawa are also the little hooded guys in Star Wars. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists only on one planet... -- |
RallyMonkey
Member #4,615
May 2004
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Quote: so ask a Geographics teacher... Our world studies teacher (geography) is the worst at pronouncing everything. He mispronounces almost every name. He is a great teacher though. NOTICE: This post's grammar/spelling/puncuation is definitive. English is frequently inaccurate. |
Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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Quote: Credits go to BAF, Bruce Perry, Evert, gillius, gnolam, Indeterminatus, Jeremy McCleese, jhuuskon, jorram, Karadoc ~~, kazzmir, Kitty Cat, Kris Allen, MattSmith, nonnus29, OICW, Paul Pridham, PyroBoy, Rash, ReyBrujo, Richard Phipps, Ron Ophir, William Heatley, and X-G for helping out! We have hit a new record... and yet surprisingly, I'm not on the list. I pronouce it jah-vah. There, I contributed. Can I get a cookie? -----sig: |
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