how do you pronounce drupal anyway?

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

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 this:
droopal

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

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 ;-)

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

maybe this will help

http://drupal.org/druplicon

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?!

The Drupal Song will teach you how ;)

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John Forsythe
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The name Drupal, pronounced "droo-puhl," derives from the English pronunciation of the Dutch word "druppel," which means "drop."

http://drupal.org/node/769

See http://drupal.org/node/12912#comment-20361

Thomas (Webbredaktören)