Pronunciation of the word "Ethernet" - Page 1
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author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 24, 2019, 10:13:22 am
content: Just something random I thought of today. I've heard it said both ways, but I've always used the former variant.

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 24, 2019, 10:19:03 am
content: The quality of the posts here is getting lower and lower.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 24, 2019, 10:26:52 am
content: Quote from: StillTrying on October 24, 2019, 10:19:03 amEither that or the quality of the audience is ;-)Nothing like a bit of intellectual stimulation and conversation, even if it does start off as something minor like the pronunciation of words.

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 24, 2019, 10:58:42 am
content: I've only heard it pronounced "Eth-er-net" 2 or 3 times, it's a good clue that you can ignore the rest of what they say because they're not going to know what they're talking about.

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 24, 2019, 11:25:19 am
content: According to these authorities, it's the first option:https://public.oed.com/how-to-use-the-oed/key-to-pronunciation/https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/ether

author: Black Phoenix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 24, 2019, 11:44:42 am
content: I had listen other saying both ways, more with a long E that the other one.I learned with the long E.

author: mcovington
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 26, 2019, 04:26:47 am
content: There is a good reason to pronounce it with long E. It is derived from the Latin word 'aether', from Greek 'aither', and 'ae' is a long vowel which always goes into English as a long E.'Aether' meant extremely thin substance, and came into modern science meaning 2 things:(a) A liquid that is on the verge of turning into a gas at room temperature. This name stuck on two chemicals, diethyl ether (the anaesthetic) and petroleum ether (very light petroleum distillates).(b) The substance that was formerly thought to fill the universe and carry radio waves.Ethernet is so named because it's like radio communication inside a cable, with carrier waves.Now you know...

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2019, 01:09:59 am
content: Quote from: mcovington on October 26, 2019, 04:26:47 amIn other words, the name is total bollocks!There is no ether, & even if there was one, signals sent down a cable wouldn't use it, as they have perfectly good copper conductors to be propagated through.

author: mcovington
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2019, 02:00:03 am
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on October 27, 2019, 01:09:59 amYou have a point! It's named after what's not there, and they knew that when they named it!

author: brucehoult
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2019, 03:08:33 am
content: With a hard "g".

author: Circlotron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2019, 03:13:16 am
content: Quote from: mcovington on October 26, 2019, 04:26:47 amOne day "dark matter" may sound just as silly.

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2019, 03:37:50 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on October 24, 2019, 10:13:22 am"e" as in see, "th" as in think, "er" as in her, "net" as in net.Reference:https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/etherhttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/ethernet

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2019, 10:23:41 am
content: Quote from: Circlotron on October 27, 2019, 03:13:16 amI think it already does, I think it's something to do with the way gravity travels through an expanding space, but I can't work it out.

author: Syntax Error
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2019, 08:53:34 pm
content: In London it's pronouncedeFF-net.Unless it's an I.T. manager when it's pronouncedU-S-B.

author: paullo
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: December 02, 2019, 09:45:11 am
content: It really depends which language you speak.

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2019, 02:43:30 pm
content: English ( Scrambled )