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    What is the "official" pronunciation of Qt (in English)? My team has been using Qt for a decade and we have always called it, "Kyew Tee", but Wikipedia gives the pronunciation as "Cute". The Wikipedia source links are very old and/or broken and so I do not trust them much. I cannot find much in the way of an answer just from a web search...

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      The CEO of Qt pronounces it "cute".

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        We just say it "Kyew Tee". As long as we know what we are talking about we don't care. I am sure my internet points won't be as high due to this transgression against the gods of software.

        C++ is a perfectly valid school of magic.

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        • fcarneyF fcarney

          We just say it "Kyew Tee". As long as we know what we are talking about we don't care. I am sure my internet points won't be as high due to this transgression against the gods of software.

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          @fcarney
          I'm with you. Only after I started out calling it "ku tee" did I learn it's supposed to be pronounced "kewt", and if you ask me that sounds naff!

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            Haavard Nord, co-author of Qt, pronounces it as "cute" and IIRC it was because they wanted to build something that would help make cute UIs.

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            Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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              There is no need to follow Wikipedia. For me it will always be "Kyew Tee"

              See https://vizacademy.co.uk/architectural-visualization-portfolio/

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