[mlmartin]

I always say 'bin' as 'bine' in relation to the folder. This is a hill I will die on.

It's short for binary. And a 'bin' is where you put your rubbish, not your hard work.

[asxd]

This kind of flipped a switch in my brain, that makes a lot more sense than the "trash bin" pronunciation.

However, I will continue saying "bin" because old habits die hard and "bine" just sounds wrong to my brain for no good reason :)

[aksss]

It sounds dangerously like “bind”, so that might introduce some confusion in a circle that is accustomed to “bin”.

[asxd]

I'm mostly a casual linux user, so honestly asking, why is sounding like "bind" dangerous?

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edit: A quick search turned up the `bind` command to bind a name to a socket. That makes sense.

[aksss]

I was thinking more about the bind dns server when I made the comment, but yeah. Just thinking that verbally referring to the “bine” folder might cause confusion in certain contexts, where “bin” pronunciation avoids it entirely.

[defaultcompany]

Also BIND is the Berkeley internet name daemon aka DNS server.

[Goz3rr]

Do you also pronounce char as in character or as in charcoal?

[colordrops]

I pronounce it as "car". Don't know where that came from.

[asxd]

I think this pronunciation sounds right because it comes from "character", which doesn't have the "ch" sound.

[OJFord]

'Car' has a different (longer) 'a' to that in 'character', though, is I think the point above.

[asxd]

I meant to agree with the point above, I pronounce it ‘car’ as well. For some reason ‘care’ doesn’t sound right either.

[doctorphil]

Do you also call /lib 'libe'? Or are you okay with 'lib' as it's not conflicting with other meanings?

[creeble]

I’m the only gray-beard hacker I know that pronounces it ‘libe’. But bin is bin. Not sure why, really.

[Lio]

Except if it's a parts bin maybe. ;)

[asxd]

It's an odd coincidence that shortening "binaries" to "bin" makes sense in this way, but you're right, /bin is a literally a bin to put your binaries.