On 2021-05-15 11:10, Hritik Vijay via arch-general wrote:

Now, as Arch faces the same issue (being Ark Linux vs Arch linux)

Really? This is an issue Arch faces? Color me skeptical but it sounds like a made up problem. Given you had to spell it differently ("ark") to even suggest that there was an issue and the other side of your "vs." which is supposed to be correct ("arch") was just spelled the normal way, I don't think there is much material to work with here. For non-native English speakers for whom the standard pronunciation of "arch" is a point of confusion any dictionary, TTS, or pronunciation guide will do.

Hritik Vijay via arch-general writes:

On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 11:25:52AM +0300, Caleb Maclennan via arch-general wrote:

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Really? This is an issue Arch faces? Color me skeptical but it sounds like a made up problem. I have met a few people calling it Ark. Also, we even had an April fools joke regarding this (https://archlinux.org/news/were-changing-our-name/). I'm not saying we must do this, I'm asking if there's a consensus and enthusiasm to pull this off.

Hrtk

Hello, I think this is not merely a real problem a but an occasion to produce a funny song/video to promote Arch Linux. In german, "Arch" sounds similar to the german word "Arsch", which means "ass" as in asshole - a running gag. Btw. and a bit offtopic: I think the pronounciation for Suse promoted in the video is completely wrong. I never heard someone pronounce it that way. We should do better, if we at all do it. Stefan

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLdexZlVkAY) that goes to sing how to pronounce SUSE. Now, as Arch faces the same issue (being Ark Linux vs Arch linux), I was wondering if we could get some momentum towards building such content. :) The topic pops up regularly on IRC. The proper pronunciation of Arch Linux seems to be: /ɑɹɡ lɪnʊks/, with the first word slightly aspired, as the sound one makes after realizing they haven’t read the News before Syu-ing.