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  Re: pronunciation of "Java" Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2015-01-27 01:20 +1100

#30908 — Re: pronunciation of "Java"

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:

>  The pronunciation of »Java« in American English (AE) often
>  is given as [dZAv@], where [dZ] is the initial sound of
>  »just«, »general«, [A] is the sound as in »body« (AE) (first
>  vowel), »dachshund« (first vowel), »swap«, [v] as in
>  »canvas« and [@] (schwa) as in »array« (first vowel).
>
>  However, some source also give [dZæv@], with the [æ] as
>  in »Ann«, »bat«, »cat«.
>
>  I only ever heard [dZAv@] for the programming language in
>  video lectures from the USA. Did you ever heard or used
>  [dZæv@] for the programming language (in the USA)?
>
>  And another question: »Java« can also be a drink (coffee).
>  A source wrote that in this case it was often pronounced
>  [jAv@], with the [j] as in »you« [ju], »year«. Can anyone
>  confirm this? (preferably USA speakers)
>
>  If this is true, does the USA pronunciation of Java, the
>  programming language, follow the pronunciation of Java,
>  the drink, and thus is [jAv@]?
>
>  In other words, what do you deem the normal pronunciation
>  of »Java«, the programming language, in the USA (San Francisco
>  if the specific region should matter):
>
>[dZAv@],
>[dZæv@],
>[jAv@], or
>[jæv@]?

James Gosling has not seen the need to answer this question in the way
that Linus Torvalds provided the pronunciation of Linux
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK0xXFZtJ8Q>. However Gosling has
given many talks about Java and I think you can safely use his
prognostication. Here's one of his talks
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JluAg5ylgWE>.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JluAg5ylgWE>

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