Author Topic: How do you pronounce file extensions?  (Read 16659 times)

Do you tend to pronounce them as if they're a word, or letter by letter? I thought of this when I heard somebody pronounce '.ini' as 'dot i-n-i', rather than 'dot innie', which is how I say it. It got me thinking, there's a lot of extension that can be pronounced either way. Just out of curiosity, how would you guys say these:

.zip
.rar
.iso
.ini
.jpg
.cfg
.txt
.bin
.wav
.ogg
.exe
.dat
.tmp
.png
.jar
.lnk
.gif
.avi

These are ones I've heard people say both ways. I need to know if I'm the weird one in how I say them. :S The only ones I say letter by letter are exe, png, avi, and lnk.
« Last Edit: July 31, 2011, 09:53:03 PM by dkamm65 »

I pronounce "gif" as "jif" :l
and I pronounce them as words. is fun.

I pronounce them how they look.

.rar = rar
.jpg = Jpeg
.exe = x
.jar = jar

ect

.zip - Zip
.rar - Rar
.iso - i - s - o
.ini - Ini
.jpg - Jpeg
.cfg - c - f - g
.txt - Text
.bin - Bin
.wav - Wav
.ogg - Ogg
.exe - e - x - e
.dat - Dat
.tmp - t - m - p
.png - p - n - g
.jar - jar
.lnk - l - n - k

I pronounce them how they look.

.rar = rar
.jpg = Jpeg
.exe = x
.jar = jar

ect
This except for Png for some reason.

Zip
Rawr
I-S-O
I-N-I
Jaypeg
C-F-G
Text
Bin
Wave
Ogg
E-X-E
Dat
Temp
P-N-G
Jar (Wtf is this?)
Ink
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« Last Edit: July 31, 2011, 09:51:46 PM by dorkdotdan »

This except for Png for some reason.
png i just spell out

.jpg = j-peg

.zip = zipped file

.rar - zipped file

.txt - text file

.wav = mp3

.exe = double click that

.jar = ghost file

Because I figure most people have no idea what I'm talking about anyways.

.zip   I say zip
.rar   I say rar
.iso   Spell iso
.ini    spell ini
.jpg  say j followed by peg lol
.cfg   spell cfg
.txt    say text
.bin    say bin
.wav   say wave
.ogg   say ogg
.exe    spell exe
.dat    spell dat
.tmp    spell tmp
.png    spell png
.jar     say jar
.lnk     spell lnk


Zip
Rawr
I-S-O
I-N-I
Jaypeg
C-F-G
Text
Bin
Wave
Ogg
E-X-E
Dat
Temp
P-N-G
Jar (Wtf is this?)
Ink
Erm. You dont know what a .jar file is?
:I

I pronounce them the way they were intended; at least, as I believe.
Unlike those idiots who are all ".wav = wahv"
« Last Edit: July 31, 2011, 09:53:01 PM by Jairo »

Erm. You dont know what a .jar file is?
:I
Nope.avi (said A-V-I)

I pronounce them the way they were intended; at least, as I believe.
Unlike those idiots who are all ".wav = wave"

But... it does.

Waveform Audio File Format

Nope.avi (said A-V-I)
It stands for Java Archive, java games like Minecraft use it.