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Here is a novel idea. Just pronounce ECMA as a 2 syllable word using classical Latin pronunciation. Ecma becomes just as catchy as Java when pronounced that way. For English speakers who do not know classical Latin, just read this:

Eck-Ma-Script

Here is Eck for those who do not know:

https://youtu.be/cqsDlZAK104

As for Ma, it is the second half of mama. That is actually /ɛkmɑskɹɪpt/ rather than /ekmaskɹɪpt/, but it is close enough.

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> Eck-Ma-Script

I thought this is how it was generally pronounced, it's at least what I say. (It still sounds like a skin disease though.) Is there some other more popular pronunciation?

I was under the impression that this was the pronounciation that sounded like a skin disease.

I miss rote ECMAScript as EMCAScript. ECMA does not sound like a skin disease to me. EMCA might though.

The pronunciation that I assumed (also suggested by other replies), eck-ma, sounds very close to how ‘eczema’ is pronounced in much of the world.

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