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I always wondered how do I pronounce Mate in 'Ubuntu Mate'.

I am listening to a podcast and one of the two people always says 'mahteh'. It sounds very weird to me, because I pronounce it 'mate' like the english word for friend.

There is also ubuntu-mate.org, which says it is pronounced 'mah-tay' and that is the only right pronunciation.

How would you pronounce it? Do you have any other suggestions?

Kev Inski
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    IMHO you should join the discussion on the linked page, the question might be marked as opinion-based here. – Melebius Sep 27 '16 at 10:09
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    I think you answered your own question here, the developers know how to pronounce the name of there own product. Your faulty assumption here is that the word is English, you can see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATE_(software) it is a Spanish word and should be pronounced as such.. – Mark Kirby Sep 27 '16 at 10:09
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    I've always looked at it as mah-tay. When I first read your question titled that is how I heard it in my mind. When I saw it years ago I looked up the pronunciation... wikipedia.org and youtube – L. D. James Sep 27 '16 at 10:12
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    totally agree with @MarkKirby - you answered your own question and there's nothing to say – Zanna Sep 27 '16 at 10:14
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    There is a similar question to Xubuntu http://askubuntu.com/questions/779376/what-is-the-correct-pronunciation-of-xubuntu/779383 I hope it is not getting closed because I don't think it is an opinion-based question. @MarkKirby Please add your comment as an answer and I will accept it – Kev Inski Sep 27 '16 at 10:23
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    I agree with @Anwar the question was answered by the devs already and as I am not a dev, I would just be pointing people to the very video you mentioned it the question, as that is the explanation. Perhaps opinion is not the best reason to closed but, as you answered your own question, all we can give is our opinion. The only way I see this as answerable is if one of the devs shows up, proves who they are and chooses to answer. – Mark Kirby Sep 27 '16 at 10:36

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If developers themselves specify the pronunciation, no one is more authorized to say otherwise. There cannot be other options after that.

So, it is what you already gave in the question. "mah-tay". As devs wrote here

https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/how-to-pronounce-mate/

Anwar
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  • Oddly enough, la piece de resistance from that link - the video containing the pronunciation of the word "Mate"- was deleted because it was supposedly breaking YouTube's rules!!! o.O – Cristiana Nicolae Sep 27 '16 at 16:36
  • Really!! I haven't watched the video! odd indeed – Anwar Sep 27 '16 at 17:17