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Oct 28, 2011, 09:55 AM
 
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Oct 28, 2011, 10:05 AM
 
It's OS Ten and most anyone who says otherwise sounds ignorant. It's the continuation of the previous numbering scheme but with use of a roman numeral to emphasize that it's very different from the classic Mac OS that came before it: Mac OS 9, followed by Mac OS "X" as in Ten. But I do recall that SJ had in the past pronounced it the other way, are there is a certain appeal to pronouncing Oh Es X (or Oh Sex if you're moving fast).

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Oct 28, 2011, 10:07 AM
 
Originally Posted by Big Mac View Post
It's OS Ten and most anyone who says otherwise sounds ignorant. It's the continuation of the previous numbering scheme but with use of a roman numeral to emphasize that it's very different from the classic Mac OS that came before it: Mac OS 9, followed by Mac OS "X" as in Ten.
What it represents is plainly obvious. How it reads is quite different.

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But I do recall that SJ had in the past pronounced it the other way, are there is a certain appeal to pronouncing Oh Es X (or Oh Sex if you're moving fast).
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Oct 28, 2011, 08:36 PM
 
Ex for me. I know it's meaning is ten but roman numerals don't intuitively stick for me and Ex just rolls off the tongue better.
     
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I say it both ways, but I pronounce "Lion" as "Piece of Crap".
     
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Oct 29, 2011, 09:26 AM
 
Originally Posted by Face Ache View Post
I say it both ways, but I pronounce "Lion" as "Piece of Crap".
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Oct 29, 2011, 09:43 AM
 
Originally Posted by Big Mac View Post
It's OS Ten and most anyone who says otherwise sounds ignorant. It's the continuation of the previous numbering scheme but with use of a roman numeral to emphasize that it's very different from the classic Mac OS that came before it: Mac OS 9, followed by Mac OS "X" as in Ten. But I do recall that SJ had in the past pronounced it the other way, are there is a certain appeal to pronouncing Oh Es X (or Oh Sex if you're moving fast).
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