[Jeezeedoom???] G/ZDoom Pronunciation

[Coraline]

Eh, I always pronounced it with a jee/zee.

Try enunciating 3DGE - very rarely do people pronounce it like its predecessor "EDGE", which is the proper way to say it.

[scifista42]

I pronounce 3DGE as the word "3" in my native language + "dge" as in English word edge.

EDIT: Hear Czech pronunciation on the left side here :)

[Jaxxoon R]

I say "Thredge" so as to prevent myself getting it confused with EDGE.

[Enjay]

Chu said:

Try enunciating 3DGE - very rarely do people pronounce it like its predecessor "EDGE", which is the proper way to say it.

Really? I'm surprised. I never really saw it as anything other than "edge" but merely using a "leet speak" "E" at the start. Of course, I was also pretty aware of EDGE beforehand anyway. Thinking about it sounding anything other than "edge" surely requires more effort than simply "edge" and is more clumsy too, no? Although I guess "thredge" makes some sense and is easy enough to say. Dammit Jaxxoon, you may have got that stuck in my head. :P


As for GZDoom, it's always been Gee Zed Doom for me simply because that's how the letters are pronounced where I'm from. I know that running Zed and Doom together sounds more clumsy than Zee Doom but we don't say Zee here so it doesn't really figure in my thinking. (Unless it's the band ZZ Top or Jay Z.)

I do occasionally, very occasionally, refer to ZDoom as Zeta Doom but that's only because I remember a thread from many years ago on the ZDoom forum where that pronunciation was suggested by a few people from countries where "z" is pronounced "zeta" and it kind of stuck in my memory. I've never said Gee Zeta Doom though. Well, I hadn't until a few seconds ago. :P

[Coraline]

Yeah, I would have just continued to use "EDGE" but I wasn't sure on the final fate of the parent port at the time. So, 3DGE should be pronounced just like "EDGE". I suppose now it wouldn't matter if I renamed it back, but that'd just further confuse everyone. In unix/source internally, it is referred to by EDGE2. And if you want to get really complicated, the actual name is "hyper3DGE", but I changed the name because it became more than just representing my game Hypertension (so that's why you might see hyper3DGE floating around).

I pronounce 3DGE as the word "3" in my native language + "dge" as in English word edge.

I say "Thredge" so as to prevent myself getting it confused with EDGE.

Yeah, I've heard people pronounce it "three-dje" and "three-dgee". This is the proper way to say it in English.

The 3 means a few things. It is leet speak. 3 also signifies its genealogy from EDGE and DosDOOM.

Finally, let's not forget that EDGE is an acronym for "Enhanced Doom Gaming Engine". I can use the new full name as "3-D Gaming Engine" when marketed, mostly for console developers. Though, it doesn't matter personally to me what people pronounce the full name as because obviously it's still an enhanced Doom gaming engine. So...pick your poison I guess ^_^

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[Tormentor667]

Why "Zee" instead of "Zed" anyway? Isn't that totally wrong?

[scifista42]

Well, when I was learning English on primary school, one of the first lessons was about English alphabet and pronunciation of letters, and we learnt that "Z" has 2 separate valid pronunciations, "Zed" and "Zee". It's apparently right.

[Enjay]

My understanding is that "zed" is British, "zee" is American and I have no idea how other natively English speaking countries pronounce it.

Only very, very rarely do I hear someone in the UK using "zee" and there is usually a reason (like they are an asshat and think it's kewl, or they are American, which is fair enough). ZZ Top and Jay Z are different because those are names and it would be weird to pronounce them Zed Zed Top or Jay Zed.

[Zed]

Enjay said:

My understanding is that "zed" is British, "zee" is American and I have no idea how other natively English speaking countries pronounce it.

Yep, that's why I pronounce zee instead of zed, I'm just used to it (but I actually prefer the British pronunciation).

As for 3DGE, well, I pronounce it three-dee-edge.

PrBoom is pee-ar-boom.

The rest, well, like they are written I guess.

[snapshot]

"Jesus/God DOOM"

scifista42 said:

"Zed" and "Zee". It's apparently right.

"Zed" in french aswell .

Chu said:

Try enunciating 3DGE

Three-Dee Jee E

[Jaxxoon R]

I don't know if I should have seen this. Or what it's supposed to mean.

[snapshot]

Jaxxoon R said:

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/526/076/90d.gif
I don't know if I should have seen this. Or what it's supposed to mean.

Me neither

[Csonicgo]

fraggle said:

Zed Doom and Gee Zed Doom.

That's giving it too little status. Everyone knows it's "Alpha and Omega Doom" and "JesusDoom".

[SavageCorona]

I usually say zed but it's zee for (G)ZDoom because of ease of pronunciation. I used to say ZZZZDoom for ZDoom though.

I wish people would realize that a letter's pronunciation has to end in a vowel or soft consonant if the start of the word is a hard consonant and not to use a controversial letter that is pronounced differently between two English speaking countries to create an ease of flow when speaking. Basic linguistics, FUCK.

[Pencil of Doom]

I pronounce Zdoom in 2 ways: Z!Doom or ZeDoom
And for its OpenGL counterpart: G!Z!Doom or GZeDoom

[snapshot]

Hear'd the sound coming out, whaddya call it

[vesperas]

I pronounce them "zee doom" and "jee zee doom". I don't use them though :)

[Gentlepoke]

Enjay said:

My understanding is that "zed" is British, "zee" is American and I have no idea how other natively English speaking countries pronounce it.

Only very, very rarely do I hear someone in the UK using "zee" and there is usually a reason (like they are an asshat and think it's kewl, or they are American, which is fair enough). ZZ Top and Jay Z are different because those are names and it would be weird to pronounce them Zed Zed Top or Jay Zed.

I've developed a habit of describing ZDoom as ZeeDoom as it just rolls off the tongue better.

[VGamingJunkie]

LittleInferno said:

Zee-Doom
Gee-Zee-Doom
Pee-Are-Boom (PrBoom)

[Tracer]

Phonetically, Gee Zee Doom and Pee Are Boom because that's what they say. Nowhere does it say "zed" in GZDoom, nor is there an "ehr" sound anywhere in PRBoom.

[snapshot]

Zed said:

pee-ar-boom.

Kinda makes me laugh for some reason .

[joe-ilya]

Jizzy doom.

[Da Spadger]

The ol' Geezy.

[Lila Feuer]

It's always been Zee-Doom and Gee-Zee-Doom for me.

I can't believe this thread is a thing.

[Tracer]

scifista42 said:

I pronounce 3DGE as the word "3" in my native language + "dge" as in English word edge.

EDIT: Hear Czech pronunciation on the left side here :)

Tridsuhdge...heh heh...that's interesting.

[scifista42]

^That's the English synthetized pronunciation of the word, not the Czech one.

[Tracer]

scifista42 said:

^That's the English synthetized pronunciation of the word, not the Czech one.

Ah.

To curb my curiosity, would you spell it phonetically for me?

[Mithran Denizen]

Something like tr̝̊ɪdʒ. Or perhaps tr̝̊ɪdʒɛ.

[scifista42]

I don't know how, because the word - being an amalgamation of 2 different languages - includes "g" pronounced as "jee", which doesn't exist in Czech alphabet (so I wrote it as double "z" with a wedge, which sounds somewhat similar, but Czech grammar doesn't actually allow such a construct), and also "r" with a wedge, which doesn't exist in English alphabet.

But see and listen to an approximated spelling on the above-linked Google translate page in the Czech tab.

[rampancy]

i always thought it was gee - zee - doom.

bc zdoom which its based on is simply zee-doom.

so you follow that logic when you add the G.

Enjay said:

My understanding is that "zed" is British, "zee" is American and I have no idea how other natively English speaking countries pronounce it.

Only very, very rarely do I hear someone in the UK using "zee" and there is usually a reason (like they are an asshat and think it's kewl, or they are American, which is fair enough). ZZ Top and Jay Z are different because those are names and it would be weird to pronounce them Zed Zed Top or Jay Zed.

lol you cant have your cake and eat it too!

you either have to say zed zed top for the rest of your life, or admit that "zee" is proper and not an asshat thing to say.

zed sounds like we are reading from the king james.

btw im just messing with you bro.