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How Do You Say... "Epoch"

As a technologist, there are a lot of words and acronyms we often only read or type out but don't say out loud (commands/services/etc). So, I asked a bunch of folks how they pronounce some of them and recorded the result. For example...

For example: "Epoch"

In computing, an epoch is a date and time from which a computer measures system time. Most computer systems determine time as a number representing the seconds removed from particular arbitrary date and time.

How do you pronounce it?

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NLxDoDge

I always pronounced it E-POG (A CH in our language is spoken as a G)
This is the first time I ever heard people say the word to be honest.

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Pete Cheslock

Fascinating! As I mentioned all these pronunciations are valid!

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Roussel

Now do ACL.

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Matt Ellen-Tsivintzeli

/ˈiːpɒk/

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Erin Bensinger

This is the way

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Kelly Brown

Jiff

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Vanessa Measom

E-Pock for me :)

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Sergio Holgado

iːpok

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Aris in Crypto

Actually "epoch" derives from the Greek word "εποχή" which means period. If we take that into consideration the correct pronunciation would be /e.poˈç/.