5 exercises on pronouncing major cloud provider names aloud.
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How is "AWS" (Amazon Web Services) said aloud?
AWS is an initialism: "A-W-S" /eɪ dʌblju ɛs/ — "ay, double-u, ess." Each letter is spoken: the W is "double-u" (two syllables). So "deploy on A-W-S", "an A-W-S Lambda function." Do not say "aws" as a rhyme for "claws" — it is always spelled out. Note that the W alone is the longest letter name in English ("double-u"), so it adds a syllable.
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How is "Azure" (Microsoft Azure) pronounced?
Azure is pronounced "AZH-er" /ˈæʒər/ — two syllables, stress on the first, with the "zh" sound /ʒ/ (like the "s" in "measure" or "vision") and a schwa /ər/ at the end. So "host it on AZH-er", "an AZH-er VM." Do not stress the second syllable or say "az-YOOR." The colour "azure" (deep sky blue) has the same pronunciation.
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How is "GCP" (Google Cloud Platform) said aloud?
GCP is always spelled out: "G-C-P" /dʒiː siː piː/ — "gee, see, pee." So "deploy to G-C-P", "a G-C-P project." People sometimes say "Google Cloud" informally, but the initialism is always the three letters. Do not blend it into "gee-cop." Each letter uses its standard English name.
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How is "Heroku" (the PaaS platform) pronounced?
Heroku is commonly pronounced "HAIR-oh-koo" /ˈhɛrəkuː/ — three syllables, stress on the first, with the short /ɛ/ vowel (as in "bed"), a schwa "oh," and a final "koo." Some say "heh-ROH-koo" with second-syllable stress, but "HAIR-oh-koo" is the widely accepted form. It is a Japanese word (廊下). So "deploy to HAIR-oh-koo."
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How is "Vercel" (the deployment platform) pronounced?
Vercel is pronounced "VER-sell" /ˈvɜːrsɛl/ — two syllables, stress on the first, with the /ɛ/ vowel in the second syllable. The "c" is soft (/s/) before the "e," giving "sell." So "deploy on VER-sell", "a VER-sell project." Do not stress the second syllable, and do not say "ver-KEL" with a hard c. The company itself uses "VER-sell."