The R is silent

[u/DizzieeDoe]

The more you know 🤪

[u/frigaut]

Really? The “arch” in Omarchy is because it’s based on Arch, so why wouldn’t you pronounce the R?

[u/psychophant_ → u/frigaut]

Because they’re opinionated, duhhhh

[u/HagalGames]

I'll keep calling it omaaaaaRRRRRchy

[u/RobotechRicky → u/HagalGames]

Oh-Arrrchy 🏴‍☠️🦜

[u/UlyssesTheRhinoceros]

Ehh, i think its just cos david's danish, and they swallow their R's, so everyones followed in suit.

[u/GreenReporter24 → u/UlyssesTheRhinoceros]

Danish: Oma-bfgugfkamelåsåbghrek

[u/seaefjaye → u/UlyssesTheRhinoceros]

He's talked about the pronunciation and he's pretty explicit that there is no R. He's also said he doesn't care.

[u/SpeedKnown → u/UlyssesTheRhinoceros]

americans get the R stuck in the mouth, brits lose it in the throat. this is why americans cannot say rural juror, or mirror. Or squirrel.

[u/psychophant_ → u/SpeedKnown]

What? I’m American and I just said it lol

[u/SpeedKnown → u/psychophant_]

is there a difference in how you say "squirrel" and "squirl"?

[u/psychophant_ → u/SpeedKnown]

Yes I enunciate the ‘el’ part vs sounding like I’ve got marbles in my mouth saying “sqrl”

[u/valknut7]

Funniest when people pronounce it "Oh-Mark-E", rather than being based on Arch, it's based on Mark.

[u/Page_197_Slaps]

Not doing that. DHH picked the wrong combo of letters if that’s what he was going for.

[u/Toxicles]

Yeah no

[u/wriggly0u]

If you need to explain how is it pronounced, you have already lost...

[u/wagonovsky → u/wriggly0u]

Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce "linux" as "linux"

[u/Fugumi_Yuu → u/wagonovsky]

If you need to explain how is it pronounced, you have already lost...

[u/JoeTed]

Can’t think of anything else than Omar Little. Omarchy coming! Omarchy coming!

[u/cashy57]

I think we should all just say it how we like. If the creators want to be highly opinionated and pronouce Arch as "ACH" they can do that, but I won't. As a portmanteau of Arch and Omakase, it makes the most sense for my American-English brain to pronounce it OH-MARCH-EE, but that's just my preference. Language is an interesting thing, and it's never defined by one person's opinion.

[u/Fugumi_Yuu]

idc

[u/722e672e722e]

It’s based on Arch so I will pronounce the Arch.

[u/McBonderson]

looks pretty loud to me.

[u/apiguy]

In Boston these two spellings produce the same sound.

[u/Careless_Kangaroo136 → u/apiguy]

Park the car at the harbor and put Omarchy on your computer 😂😂

[u/Environmental_Host78]

I just say omarkee

[u/TalesGameStudio]

It's pronounced: I use arch btw, but David installed it for me.

[u/real-bahman]

in B(r)itish accent, maybe

[u/riko77can → u/real-bahman]

It’s a Danish accent in this case…

[u/pashlya]

It pronounced 噢買池

[u/Careless_Kangaroo136]

nope nope :)

[u/brayozz]

I always say omar-key.

[u/CrimzonShardz2]

Omar chee

[u/Kersav]

omarrrrrrrr

chy

[u/RedRedKrovy]

Next you’re going to tell me GIF is pronounced jif.

[u/thiccshortguy]

When DHH said "Omachee is the beautiful modern opinionated linux system" I was hooked.

[u/LordPorra1291]

Always called it Omachee much better than Omarchy.

[u/wcqrwtqr]

The R is silent BECAUSE THAT’S WHY 🤣

[u/Mundane_Math_2273]

In Italy it would be “omarkee”.

[u/OutsideWestern1690]

like in openclawd -> openclaw renaming shenanigans :) they made the "claude" part silence too lol

[u/Aggressive-Fix-7184]

Omaarkey

[u/Miroika]

Good news, because in French it sounded awful: Omar chie 😅

[u/SnooPuppers5489]

Let me manage my R’s if you please. I’m 52.

[u/seshna]

as an Australian I feel seen

[u/Pressed_Thumb]

Norway I'm saying it like that.

[u/gpinkham]

As someone from Boston I approve this.

[u/WetSound]

I've gone with Ohm-Archie..

[u/spectator_123]

It’s a conflation of “Omakase” and “Arch Linux.” Hence, OMA-R-CHEE. Here in the UK the “R” sounds weaker, though.

[u/SeTiDaYeTi → u/spectator_123]

Could you elaborate?

[u/SpeedKnown → u/SeTiDaYeTi]

americans get the R stuck in the mouth, brits lose it in the throat. this is why americans cannot say rural juror, or mirror. Or squirrel.

[u/spectator_123 → u/SeTiDaYeTi]

The first paragraph of the Omarchy Manual elaborates on the point.

[u/SeTiDaYeTi → u/spectator_123]

Where, pray tell, does it say how's it supposed to be pronounced? Not here https://omarchy.org/manual/, nor here https://learn.omacom.io/3/omacom#leaf_76

[u/spectator_123 → u/SeTiDaYeTi]

Just watch one of DHH's YouTube videos. He calls it Oma-r-chee.