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How do you pronounce dev.to?

Sdu on December 22, 2018

I pronounce it 'dev - too' and I can't seem to get used to this. I'm sometimes tempted to leave it at just 'dev' but that's just akwardly generic.

Ben Halpern • Dec 22 '18

The official way to pronounce it is “dev too” no dot necessary 🙂

Just “dev” generally works in areas of shared context around what you’re talking about.

Ankur Biswas • Dec 22 '18 • Edited

Well I pronounced it as:- dev dot too.

Sdu • Dec 22 '18

Sounds long. Reminds me of a debate over the shortening of api Promise parameters i.e.

// Some prefer res, err combo
api.get("/something").then(res =>{...})
.catch(err => {...}

//Others...

api.get("/something").then(response =>{...})
.catch(error => {...}

Ankur Biswas • Dec 22 '18

I guess in this case I fall into the others category then 😁

Sdu • Dec 22 '18

🤣 post for another day

Benny Powers 🇮🇱🇨🇦 • Dec 23 '18

obligatory code comment :D

Sdu • Dec 24 '18

It had to be done 😤

Molly Struve (she/her) • Dec 22 '18

I throw the dot in there as well!

Lewis Menelaws • Dec 22 '18

Me too! I think I do it because it makes it easier for people to just type it into the URL bar.

Eljay-Adobe • Dec 22 '18 • Edited

Sort of like the "www." part in many URLs. Instead of saying "double-you double-you double-you dot..." I made up my own name for "w", which I call "wub".

"wub wub wub dot..." Much more fun to say! I think Rick of Rick & Morty would pronounce it that way.

So for "dev.to", I just say it "dee ee vee dot tee oh". Then I'm reminded of the band Devo, and put on some of their music.

Sdu • Dec 22 '18

This is so hilarious 😂

John Alcher • Dec 23 '18

I read it as dev dat tee oh.

Sdu • Dec 22 '18

Influence of locality. I guess for me it's the tone I use with pronouncing it. The too will be at a very low tone than the dev. This could also be regional or just coincidental