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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xubuntu says Xubuntu is pronounced /zʊˈbʊntuː/ - a z- sound, not an ex-.

What about "xargs" instead?

No that's a 'K' sound: KSARGS

I don't get the joke/smilely.

The NATO alphabet use "X-Ray", which https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet describes as "ECKS RAY".

I also pronounce "xargs" with a leading "ECKS".

I don't think I'm pronouncing it wrong. https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find... says 'The name xargs, pronounced EX-args, means “combine arguments.”'

The 'joke' is that instead of naming the letter as in 'ECKS'-args, I'm sounding the letter as in 'KS'-args.

Same as 'ls'. Is it 'ELL'-'ESS' which would conform to the naming 'ECKS' above, or is it 'L-uh-S' which would conform to the sounding 'KS' above?

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