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I pronounce as CLI as well, at least mentally whenever I read it. I don't often, if ever get the chance to say it out loud, so I wouldn't know. English is not my native language so I guess "cee el eye" would not be how I'd say it.

dakiol · 34m ago

As “clee”. But i’m not a native speaker.

walpurginacht · 1h ago

I pronounce it as cee ell eye but from now on it's clee I guess

ggm · 10h ago

Initialism.

I have a theory that the french, and americans share a love of taking acronyms/initialisms and finding a way to "pronounce" them. French company/organisational names appear to be chosen to be "pronouncable initialisms" such as IRCAM or INRIA. Australia has the C-S-I-R-O and you can say SI-Rho and some do. But french and americans definitely do this more. There's an ICANN (pronounced I-Can) body called the RSSAC which is AR-SACK. and SSAC which is SEC-SAC. Some initialisms defeat this. the I-E-T-F and the I-E-S-G and the I-A-B for instance. But I-ana is definitely pronounced as an I-word.

It's Jif btw.

Nobody says "sea, but bigger" for C++ and it wasn't called Cplus.

3np · 7h ago

In the other direction, in East Asia they go "A-P-P" for app(lication) (:

I think I've even overheard M-O-D for mod(ification).

ggm · 6h ago

Chinese shoppers for sheepskin footwear in Australia ask for U-Gee-Gees not "Uggs"

defrost · 6h ago

At least they're coming to Australia for US trademarked footwear.

</glare emoji?>

ggm · 5h ago

Indeed. Katie Perry fashion is about to go through the same nightmare of brand power. I don't think the little Aussie battler will win this time either.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Perry#Name_conflict

al_borland · 10h ago

Never in my life have I heard it pronounced “clee”.

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treetalker · 9h ago

Is this what we're posting now on "Ask hnnnnng"? (That's how we pronounce the abbreviation for Hacker News, right?)

jefurii · 9h ago

Brevity is for the weak. It is pronounced "command line".

MongooseStudios · 10h ago

No, you monster.

ThrowawayR2 · 9h ago

If GUI is /ɡo͞oē/, not /gwi/, I would think CLI would be /kəlē/, not /kli/ but, meh, what do I know? I stick with the initialism.

sunscream89 · 10h ago

Never.

Like the new kid renaming the fork the bork, just being cute and all.

Cut it out.