Which is correct: Yava or Java?

jah vah

Java, like 'Jabba the Hutt'.

[url http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Java]
Check the pronounciation.

You should pronounce it "Jehovah" for best effect.

We spell it here the way it is written, that would be havva, just like have in english.

Its pronounced "C plus plus"

Heh.

No its pronounced 'pointer scare me so I made this language without them'.

Java is pronounced the same as the word java meaning coffee, with a harsh "jah" sound and not a soft "yah" sound as you asked.

Whilst on topic, why is it called Java??

Maybe because java is a sort of coffee beans. And you know the thing about coders and caffeine.

One of our lecturers always pronounces it yahvah, and everytime he says that (which is quite frequent) I run mad. Gnarr.

You are all stuck on your own prejudices, and the bad habit of Anglicising. I had 2 Latin teachers who couldn't agree how to pronounce 'ego'

How do you say Jugoslavia? How do you say Javier? (or Xavier, X-Man fans)

Java is an island in Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) where the coffee comes from. It was probably Cloggies who spelled the name Java and so by my reckoning 'yah vah' is probably correct, and 'djah vah' is how Anglos mis-say it.

I'm the last one to anglicise. My mother tongue is German and I had 6 years Latin in school. There are lots of words being mis-pronounced by Anglos (I'm especially thinking about the Greek alphabet), nonetheless I believe Java has to be pronounced 'djah vah'.

In czech we pronounce it as in English [djahva] (I don't know somebody who pronounces it in czech like [yava]).

[url http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Java+DOES+have+pointers%22&btnG=Google+Search]

heh.

Well, Java the programming language was developed by an American lady and she probably calls it djahvah so that'll do.

Huh? James Gosling is NOT an American Lady......

Maybe that's what you are made to THINK, nonnus29! Might be a secret identity. I don't know this James Gosling lady...

PRONUNCIATION!!!

We all call it Java at work, and since we're the best Java coders out there, our whims are law.

Yes, I've heard stories about a guy, alone coder who wrote an isometric 3d, massively multiplayer online rpg with an indepth skill system, huge map, seemless installation and updates via the web, and runs as an applet or an application. All on his own, and it was called runescape. Do you know this guy BP?

The guy who origionally wrote runescape can officially claim the title of 'super coder!!!!11'

He DOES work in the company that pwns runescape. Perhaps he's seen him, who knows?

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".

Yup, it does have pointer which are called reference objects or something like that. It's just that they are well hidden.

Nonnus29: and said Java coder described the game I'm currently working on as "excellent" yesterday. Nuff said

Me happy \o/

Coffee!

BTW: What game?

The correct pronunciation is, of course, the natural way I would pronounce Java
Though I suspect it would render in English as Yava.

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.

Yugoslavia, with the u as an oo in good and a hard g.

Something like Yavi-e, though I'm not sure how to transcribe it in English. I'd pronounce it as French.

(To Richard)
Aww, that would spoil the surprise!

Anyway you've got more than enough ideas of your own, right?

[EDIT]
I never say "Xavier". I don't know anyone called it. If forced to say it I'd probably say "KSavier" just for kicks, and wait to be corrected.

Ben:

So this is a non-work game?

It's still Coffee.

It's a work game.

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?)

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.

It's pronounced ee-goh (long e, and like the verb go).

People here pronounce it Ek-zay-vee-er. Although then you have Xena which is pronounce Zee-nuh..

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.

The original spelling would be Iesus (or Iesos, possibly). Anyway, the first sound should definitable by a j-sound.

That's what I meant, but for some weird reason you English types write a long e sound as an a
I meant the e sound as in é: é-go. Perhaps the Greek εγο is less ambiguous.

Well, a friend of mine pronounces it ksavir...
By the way, I'd pronounce Xavier different from Javier, personally. Javier as Yavi-e, Xavier more as kSavi-e, with a clear S sound and a weak k (or g) sound.

I always used to pronounce Xavier as X-Zavi-Er.

Professor X is an exception, but otherwise I go with the Spanish pronunciation ("khavier")...

Yoogoswavya

You Go Slaw Vee ah.

Nice try. If you're that interested in Jagex, why not apply for a job? Then I get a big fat recruitment bonus. Yay.

Hey, I pronounce it "Iawa"
or "Jawa" if you spell the 'J'
like in German.

Somewhere in Australia are the "Java Isles",
so ask a Geographics teacher...

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.
Java is one of the large islands of Indonesia (I think second largest, after Borneo).

Jawa is a Czech motorcycle manufacturer known for its extremely crappy quality.

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...

Our world studies teacher (geography) is the worst at pronouncing everything. He mispronounces almost every name. He is a great teacher though.

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?