punlman Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 STUPID QUESTION OF THE DAY:How do you pronounce µTorrent ?Is it U-torrent (yew-torrent)?But the lower-case Mu, "µ"....is often used as the prefix, "micro-"So...Is it supposed to be pronounce, Micro-Torrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 You torrent is what we like to use out of laziness, but microTorrent is the most correct pronunciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trlkly Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 So, is mu-torrent incorrect? That's how I always said it. And is there any particular reason they don't use µ in the .exe?Anyways, I realize this question may not technically be "frequently asked", but I think, out of courtesy, it should be in the FAQ, if only because every other program I've ever installed with a questionable pronunciation (ex. Bochs) has it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 There really isn't any official pronounciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 I say both youtorrent and microtorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 I say youtorrent too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mug3n Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 I say mu-torrent or mew-torrent. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikado Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 I dont give a * and say [u:`torrent] since im not an english speaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utedass Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 I read on wikipedia that greek letter µ is pronounced "mu" or "mi".But I say my-torrent or micro-torrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistywillows Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 I always pronounced it moo-torrent, but i guess I'll start calling it micro torrent from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barthiliam Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 I usually pronaunce it ChuckNorris Torrent, but thats just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retah Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 nice topic!yew torrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenellet Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I pronounce "mee"! In so called "distorted Latin" spelling & pronunciation, it's "Mu" but it's wrong, because the "u" is actually the equivalent of the letter "y" which has an elongated short "i" sound "ee". So saying the name of this letter would be like saying "ME! [shouting or screaming]". µ when it's in mathematics is the symbol called "mikro" latinized to "micro" meaning "one thousandths". As a Greek number, it's the number 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retah Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 lol alllenellet the guy just asked how we pronounce it not the whole history of "µ"no offence.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 What's your point? allenellet was merely informing others of how some might pronounce the µ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitseeker Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 - - - - YOU say toe-may-toe- - - - I say toe-mah-toethe point may be ute ( moot ) but we were not ute ( mute )but fun none the less, among more serious forums To the post that said in MATH u is MICRO; that is the numeric label of scale.In Calculus the u is the MU in mute but both are "math" yukkkk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadare Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Think of it the other way round. What if the name of the client were α Torrent? Wouldn't you read it as "alpha torrent"?Then it should be "mu torrent" or "me torrent" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Do you have an alternative pronunciation for α other than "alpha"? If not, then that's a moot point. µ can be read differently depending on context, because it's just the Greek letter "mu", but is also used as a unit prefix read as "micro" (as in "microseconds" or "micrometers"). And if α had multiple pronunciations, you wouldn't be able to tell people for a fact that it's read "alpha" as opposed to whatever the other pronunciation might be.http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=69376 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptNemo Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Hi all,I hate to beat a dead horse, but I would like to supply my humble opinion.I've always pronounced it as microTorrent, excpecially since I've seen it described as, "a (very) tiny BitTorrent client" . I grew up around electronics and computers and mu has almost always been pronounced as micro in my small brain, such as microfarad, similar to k-kilo as in kilobyte, M-Mega as in Megabyte, G-Giga, Gigabyte, etc.International System of Units.http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.htmlOf course I defer to the admins, and project developers for the correct pronunciation. best regards, Captain Nemo.P.S. In my Blog posts, I've always referred to Microsoft as u$oft, maybe nobody knows who I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Holy thread necromancy batman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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