how do you pronounce drupal anyway?

Posted by psi-borg on March 22, 2007 at 7:20pm

1. DREW-pole
2. drew-PAL
3. DRUH-pole
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Comments

DREW-pull, or more like

Posted by test127 on March 22, 2007 at 7:49pm

DREW-pull, or more like DROOP with a syllabic L at the end.

have a listen to any of the

Posted by VM on March 22, 2007 at 7:50pm

have a listen to any of the lullabot.com podcasts to hear it pronounced, provided the answer above doesn't fully compute.

Maybe "droople" is a better

Posted by test127 on March 24, 2007 at 11:44pm

Maybe "droople" is a better way to explain it?

I have read somewhere that

Posted by modul on March 22, 2007 at 7:56pm

I have read somewhere that the origin of the word "drupal" is Dutch. Originally, Dries Buytaert, who founded it all, wanted to call his system "dorp" (Dutch; meaning: village, pronounce it like the swimmer Thorpe, but with a d).

Due to a typo or something, it was written "drop". That English word, translated back into Dutch, is "druppel". Ever wondered about the blue figure in the top left corner of this screen? Well, that's a "druppel" :-)

Apparently, English speakers, always troublesome as they are, mis-pronounced this as "dru" (as in Drew Barrymore) and "pal" as in "my best pal". Put the two together and you have dru-pal, drew-pal.

It vaguely resembles the Dutch original "druppel", but English does not have the "u" sound. I think most Dutch speakers refer to it as "druuuu pàl" (don't even try to pronounce the Dutch u if you're English), whereas English speaking people stick to Drew Pal.

Ludo
(see, with the same "u" in my name :-) )

i pronounce it like

Posted by litwol on March 22, 2007 at 7:58pm

i pronounce it like this:
droopal

dr-u-pal
dr - just like it sounds: drrrrrrrr
oo - as in you
pal - as in paypal

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pronounce drupal like you feel

Posted by kkkk on March 22, 2007 at 7:59pm

I pronounce drupal like I feel about it

sometimes: drop-all
other times: trouble
some day (?): true-pal

or in Danish, if I feel like it ;-)

koooo-pal

Posted by psi-borg on March 22, 2007 at 8:21pm

thanks for the clarification and angles... dunno why, thought it was another english slaughtering of [this time] an arabic term.

so what's up with the drupal icon? water droplet that sees forever [infinite loopy eyes]?

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Pronounce

Posted by journaltimes on March 22, 2007 at 8:13pm

somedays: uh-oh
other days: MF'er
most days: whoo hoo!

maybe this will

Posted by litwol on March 22, 2007 at 10:06pm

maybe this will help

http://drupal.org/druplicon

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Silly me...

Posted by sugardave on September 15, 2007 at 5:09pm

I just started with it and have been pronouncing it in my head (and conversations with my non-tech wife) like "Drew Paul", and it makes me laugh because, obviously, that rhymes with RuPaul.

Now I know better. Thanks, Internet! Is there anything you can't do?!