Hi

Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean.
I have problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool"
I will practice how to pronounce it more and more but
is there any other word replacing Module? Easier
to pronounce? Thank you very much.

On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:06:16 PM UTC-8, Userme wrote:
> Hi
>
> Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean.
> I have problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool"
> I will practice how to pronounce it more and more but
> is there any other word replacing Module? Easier
> to pronounce? Thank you very much.

I have an overt /d/ in /mo.dewl/ which probably doesn't help.
But it is an example of /ew/ surviving while my /ew/ after
dentals developed into /uw/. How did that happen?

On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 3:06:16 PM UTC-5, Userme wrote:

> Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean.
> I have problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool"
> I will practice how to pronounce it more and more but
> is there any other word replacing Module? Easier
> to pronounce? Thank you very much.

MOD-yool would be fine.

On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 8:51:19 PM UTC, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 3:06:16 PM UTC-5, Userme wrote:
>
> > Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean.
> > I have problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool"
> > I will practice how to pronounce it more and more but
> > is there any other word replacing Module? Easier
> > to pronounce? Thank you very much.
> MOD-yool would be fine.

I live close to Ewell in Surrey - pronounced the same way.

Ewell means spring (or "well") and dates from pre-Roman times.

On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 1:48:54 PM UTC-7, dklei...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 12:06:16 PM UTC-8, Userme wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean.
> > I have problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool"
> > I will practice how to pronounce it more and more but
> > is there any other word replacing Module? Easier
> > to pronounce? Thank you very much.

> I have an overt /d/ in /mo.dewl/ which probably doesn't help.
> But it is an example of /ew/ surviving while my /ew/ after
> dentals developed into /uw/. How did that happen?

How do you pronounce "schedule"? When your /ew/ after dentals
developed into /uw/ in unaccented syllables after the first (or whatever your
rule is), did the dentals affricate, and did the plosive /d/ in module happen
to survive *that* process?

--
Jerry Friedman

Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> writes:
>Jerry Friedman

Jerry's post made me aware of the topic "pronunciation of 'module'".
Wells gives:

|ˈmɒd juːl → ˈmɒʤ uːl ‖ ˈmɑːʤ uːᵊl

. From this, we want the American version, [ˈmɑːʤ uːᵊl], which
we can simplify to [ˈmɑːʤ uːl].

I don't know which part of [ˈmɑːʤ uːl] is difficult for the OP.
So I can only give a generic help:
[ˈmɑː] as in "marble".
[ɑːʤ] as in "lodge".
[uːl] as in "poole".

On 17/01/22 07:06, Userme wrote:
> Hi
>
> Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean. I have
> problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool" I will practice
> how to pronounce it more and more but is there any other word
> replacing Module? Easier to pronounce? Thank you very much.

I, like PTD, say MOD-yool.

You could try "components", but that would be ignoring the importance of
modularity in software design, and maybe even give the impression that
you don't know what modularity means.

--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 7:39:58 PM UTC-5, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 17/01/22 07:06, Userme wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean. I have
> > problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool" I will practice
> > how to pronounce it more and more but is there any other word
> > replacing Module? Easier to pronounce? Thank you very much.
> I, like PTD, say MOD-yool.
>
> You could try "components", but that would be ignoring the importance of
> modularity in software design, and maybe even give the impression that
> you don't know what modularity means.
>
> --
> Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

Thank you, I got it but how to pronounce it?
really MOD-Yool?
as per Google it is /ˈmäjo͞ol/
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+module&oq=define+m&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j69i59l2j0i512j0i433i512l2j0i512l4.6281j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Thank you.

On 17-Jan-22 0:39, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 17/01/22 07:06, Userme wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean. I have
>> problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool" I will practice
>> how to pronounce it more and more but is there any other word
>> replacing Module? Easier to pronounce? Thank you very much.
>
> I, like PTD, say MOD-yool.
>
> You could try "components", but that would be ignoring the importance of
> modularity in software design, and maybe even give the impression that
> you don't know what modularity means.
>
Audience participation. Ask the people you are speaking to how _they_
pronounce it, and get a discussion going.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 17/01/22 12:51, Userme wrote:
> On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 7:39:58 PM UTC-5, Peter Moylan wrote:

>> I, like PTD, say MOD-yool.

> Thank you, I got it but how to pronounce it? really MOD-Yool?

Mod to rhyme with God, and Yul as in Yul Brynner.

That's the Australian pronunciation. The pronunciation differs a bit
from country to country.

--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 10:59:55 PM UTC-5, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 17/01/22 12:51, Userme wrote:
> > On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 7:39:58 PM UTC-5, Peter Moylan wrote:

> >> I, like PTD, say MOD-yool.
> > Thank you, I got it but how to pronounce it? really MOD-Yool?
>
> Mod to rhyme with God, and Yul as in Yul Brynner.
>
> That's the Australian pronunciation. The pronunciation differs a bit
> from country to country.

What I said was she could get away with MOD-yool, if the usual
pronunciation was tricky. I say SKED-jewel, so I assume I would
say MOD-jewel if I had occasion to say it. ("Modular" is probably
more common.)

In article <ss2dsq$abe$3@dont-email.me>,
Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>On 17/01/22 07:06, Userme wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean. I have
>> problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool" I will practice
>> how to pronounce it more and more but is there any other word
>> replacing Module? Easier to pronounce? Thank you very much.
>
>I, like PTD, say MOD-yool.

I, on the other hand, say /'mA,dZu l-/ "MA jewel" in careful speech,
but it probably collapses down to /'mA dZl-/ "MAjle" in normal usage.

>You could try "components", but that would be ignoring the importance of
>modularity in software design, and maybe even give the impression that
>you don't know what modularity means.

Also, in some contexts it may not be correct to use another word: if
you're going to talk at all about Modula-2 or Ruby, to name two
examples with very different semantics, you're going to have to use
the word "module".

-GAWollman

--
Garrett A. Wollman | "Act to avoid constraining the future; if you can,
wollman@bimajority.org| act to remove constraint from the future. This is
Opinions not shared by| a thing you can do, are able to do, to do together."
my employers. | - Graydon Saunders, _A Succession of Bad Days_ (2015)

In message <ss30if$118t$2@usenet.csail.mit.edu> Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org> wrote:
> In article <ss2dsq$abe$3@dont-email.me>,
> Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>>On 17/01/22 07:06, Userme wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean. I have
>>> problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool" I will practice
>>> how to pronounce it more and more but is there any other word
>>> replacing Module? Easier to pronounce? Thank you very much.
>>
>>I, like PTD, say MOD-yool.

> I, on the other hand, say /'mA,dZu l-/ "MA jewel" in careful speech,
> but it probably collapses down to /'mA dZl-/ "MAjle" in normal usage.

I rarely have a U sound in it, it is more often ma-djl with the a in
father and a subtle d

--
'I really should talk to him, sir. He's had a near-death experience!'
'We all do. It's called living.'

On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:06:14 -0800 (PST), Userme <lezawang@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean.
>I have problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool"
>I will practice how to pronounce it more and more but
>is there any other word replacing Module? Easier
>to pronounce? Thank you very much.

I say MA-jool, but many people say MA-dyool.

Take your pick, but as far as I'm concerned, either of those is easy
to say.

On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:53:27 -0700, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
wrote:

>On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:06:14 -0800 (PST), Userme <lezawang@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean.
>>I have problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool"
>>I will practice how to pronounce it more and more but
>>is there any other word replacing Module? Easier
>>to pronounce? Thank you very much.
>
>
>I say MA-jool, but many people say MA-dyool.
>
>Take your pick, but as far as I'm concerned, either of those is easy
>to say.

The problem with a word like that, when I say it to myself I hear
myself as saying "mod-dyool" one time and "ma-jool" the next time.
--

Tony Cooper Orlando Florida

On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:35:08 -0500, Tony Cooper
<tonycooper214@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:53:27 -0700, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:06:14 -0800 (PST), Userme <lezawang@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean.
>>>I have problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool"
>>>I will practice how to pronounce it more and more but
>>>is there any other word replacing Module? Easier
>>>to pronounce? Thank you very much.
>>
>>
>>I say MA-jool, but many people say MA-dyool.
>>
>>Take your pick, but as far as I'm concerned, either of those is easy
>>to say.
>
>The problem with a word like that, when I say it to myself I hear
>myself as saying "mod-dyool" one time and "ma-jool" the next time.

Then perhaps you should get your ears checked.

On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:51:48 -0700, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:35:08 -0500, Tony Cooper
><tonycooper214@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:53:27 -0700, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:06:14 -0800 (PST), Userme <lezawang@gmail.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Software Modules. I understand what does Module(s) mean.
>>>>I have problem to pronounce it. It pronounce like "Ma Jool"
>>>>I will practice how to pronounce it more and more but
>>>>is there any other word replacing Module? Easier
>>>>to pronounce? Thank you very much.
>>>
>>>
>>>I say MA-jool, but many people say MA-dyool.
>>>
>>>Take your pick, but as far as I'm concerned, either of those is easy
>>>to say.
>>
>>The problem with a word like that, when I say it to myself I hear
>>myself as saying "mod-dyool" one time and "ma-jool" the next time.
>
>
>Then perhaps you should get your ears checked.

That's a piercing observation.

--

Tony Cooper Orlando Florida

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes:
>Audience participation. Ask the people you are speaking to how _they_
>pronounce it, and get a discussion going.

During my work as an instructor for programming languages,
I came to the conviction more and more that I should foster
dialogs and try to reduce monologs. Insofar yours is an
excellent answer!

But on the other hand, I also think that one should stick
to the topic. Extensive talks about pronunciations are
a distraction when the topic is programming. Insofar I'd
say to the OP: Use your best pronunciation and try to show
the word in writing at the same time and hope that people
will understand you. Your pronunciation just has to be
understandable, not native-like in every detail.

On 17-Jan-22 16:35, Tony Cooper wrote:
> The problem with a word like that, when I say it to myself I hear
> myself as saying "mod-dyool" one time and "ma-jool" the next time.
>
You have an echo with attitude.

--
Sam Plusnet