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OFFTOPIC: How to pronounce Ruby?

Peter Szinek

1/19/2007 11:13:00 AM

Is it more similar to 'dummy' or 'dubi(ous)'? (or neither :-)

Cheers,
Peter

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8 Answers

Stephen Duncan Jr

1/19/2007 11:17:00 AM

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It's pronounced roo-bee (so, like dubious).

-Stephen

On 1/19/07, Peter Szinek <peter@rubyrailways.com> wrote:
> Is it more similar to 'dummy' or 'dubi(ous)'? (or neither :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> __
> http://www.rubyra...
>
>


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Arie Kusuma Atmaja

1/19/2007 11:23:00 AM

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I wonder why Matz didn't give Ruby name with Kanji letters.... and
I've no clue if my friends asked me why Ruby Programmers call
themselves Rubyist or Rubycian.... sigh

On 1/19/07, Stephen Duncan <stephen.duncan@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's pronounced roo-bee (so, like dubious).
>
> -Stephen
>
> On 1/19/07, Peter Szinek <peter@rubyrailways.com> wrote:
> > Is it more similar to 'dummy' or 'dubi(ous)'? (or neither :-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> >
> > __
> > http://www.rubyra...
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Stephen Duncan Jr
> www.stephenduncanjr.com
>
>


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dblack

1/19/2007 11:30:00 AM

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Florian Frank

1/19/2007 9:31:00 PM

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dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
>> I wonder why Matz didn't give Ruby name with Kanji letters.... and
>> I've no clue if my friends asked me why Ruby Programmers call
>> themselves Rubyist or Rubycian.... sigh
>
> Matz has said that a Ruby practitioner is a Rubyist.

I am still waiting for Matz to record this "I am Yukihiro Matsumoto and
I pronounce Ruby as Luby" sentence and put it up somewhere on the internets.

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Arie Kusuma Atmaja

1/22/2007 9:06:00 AM

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On 1/20/07, Florian Frank <flori@nixe.ping.de> wrote:
> dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
> >> I wonder why Matz didn't give Ruby name with Kanji letters.... and
> >> I've no clue if my friends asked me why Ruby Programmers call
> >> themselves Rubyist or Rubycian.... sigh
> >
> > Matz has said that a Ruby practitioner is a Rubyist.

Thanks David.

>
> I am still waiting for Matz to record this "I am Yukihiro Matsumoto and
> I pronounce Ruby as Luby" sentence and put it up somewhere on the internets.
>
> --
> Florian Frank
>
>

According to http://ja.wikipedia.org...
Ruby was written in Romaji then Katakana, it's being read: rubii
or perhaps (sorry i'm not an english native speaker) in English
pronounciation might be: roo bee
AFAIK Japanese is so proud of Japan, that's why I wonder why Matz
didn't name Ruby in Kanji Letters first, and then provided its
translation in Katakana (???) and Romaji (Ruby)

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Pete Yandell

1/27/2007 10:04:00 AM

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On 19/01/2007, at 10:17 PM, Stephen Duncan wrote:

> It's pronounced roo-bee (so, like dubious).

Dubious is only pronounced doobious if you're American. :)


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Peter Szinek

1/27/2007 11:03:00 AM

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Pete Yandell wrote:
>
> On 19/01/2007, at 10:17 PM, Stephen Duncan wrote:
>
>> It's pronounced roo-bee (so, like dubious).
>
> Dubious is only pronounced doobious if you're American. :)

Well, I am Hungarian :-) (btw in Hungarian, Ruby is pronounced as in
Japanese). I guess I am mostly speaking American English, but I don't
think so this is the main cause 'dubious' came to my mind when looking
for a suitable example - the reason was that I never heard it pronounced
differently... (I met only a few native British English speakers, though)

Cheers,
Peter

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Gavin Kistner

1/27/2007 4:19:00 PM

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On Jan 19, 4:13 am, Peter Szinek <p...@rubyrailways.com> wrote:
> Is it more similar to 'dummy' or 'dubi(ous)'? (or neither :-)

I believe it is pronounced exactly the way the english word with the
same spelling, describing the precious gem, is pronounced.

You can see a pronunciation, along with a sound clip, here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/b...