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Ah, so I've been confusing PyPI with PyPy. Someone made a great naming decision there.

A too little known fact: PyPI is pronounced Py-pee-ai, whereas PyPy is pronounced Py-py.

If everybody knew that, I think the confusion would mostly disappear.

> A too little known fact: PyPI is pronounced Py-pee-ai

So I was reading this comment and thinking to myself, how does one even pronounce "ai"? Language is not my strong suit. After searching the web, I found out that "ai" is a diphthong and it sounds like "eye" or the letter "i". Leaving that info here for others who may be confused. Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyKgPH0kmrU

Just goes to show how difficult conveying sounds and pronunciation can be in text!

I’ll keep this in mind to next time I want to write out the letter I and use eye instead.

Glad I wasnt the only one who thought how does “ai” sound.

PyPI: “pie-pee-eye”

PyPy: “pie-pie”

I confuse PyPI with PyPA, the maintainers of pip, which allows you to interact with PyPI.

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