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by jedberg 1216 days ago
> My jimmies get rustled with people say; AMI as Amy

I hate to break it to you, but that's the canonical pronunciation that Amazon uses. You've got an uphill battle ahead of you!

2 comments

What does Amazon have to do with BIOS firmware!?
Because nowadays the more common interpretation of AMI is Amazon Machine Image.

A lot more people deal with machine images than BIOS these days.

What’s an Amazon Machine Image? Did they take over American Megatrends?
Its like a VMDK or OVA or QCOW2, but Amazon's take on it.
Interesting. I’ve only heard them pronounced as A-M-I or “aa-mee” (with the a as in apple rather than as in aim), including with some friends who work at Amazon.
Yeah, I was thinking ah-me. Just not A-M-I.