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How do you pronounce Ixoth?
by username4 15y ago
How do you pronounce Ixoth?
- eitland 15y ago>>How do you pronounce Ixoth? From the referenced page: It's pronounced "Icks-auth"
- alastairpat 15y ago"Tell Ixoth to see the top story on Hacker News. It's pronounced "Icks-auth", and Siri picks up easily once our SMS number is added as a contact." It's probably best if you read the article before asking a question that's answered within it.
- rottencupcakes 15y agoTruthfully, it's a really bad name for a piece of software you're supposed to reference verbally. Luckily, you can name it anything you want in your address book. "Watson, please order me the usual from Grub Hub"
- Raphomet 15y agoPresumably this was a design choice: "Ixoth" doesn't really sound like anything else, which means Siri is unlikely to confuse it with another name or command.
- qrush 15y agoYep, this exactly. I purchased the domain originally because I was going to write a roguelike game, but then I got an iPhone 4S :) The name comes from a monster in Nethack, for the curious: http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Ixoth http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Ixoth