# How do I pronounce \`antsibull\`?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-antsibull/3287>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [January 12, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-antsibull/3287 "2024-01-12T11:30:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![akira6592](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akira6592/32/222_2.png) [@akira6592](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akira6592)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-antsibull/3287/1 "2024-01-12T11:30:38Z")

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Sorry for the small stuff.

How do I pronounce `antsibull` ? (ex. `antsibull-docs`, `antsibull-changelog`)

Is “t” pronounced?

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**Author:** ![chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/chris/32/293_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-antsibull/3287/2 "2024-01-12T12:04:10Z")

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I would assume **ant Sybil** as in the [insect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant) and [first name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Fawlty) but I could be totally wrong! 🤣 🤷‍♂️

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**Author:** ![acozine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@acozine](https://forum.ansible.com/u/acozine)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-antsibull/3287/3 "2024-01-12T17:47:31Z")

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I pronounce it “Antsy Bull,” as in: “That bull looks nervous, he’s an antsy bull.”

When antsibull was created, we wanted a command that would be easy to distinguish from the `ansible-*` commands, and easy to auto-complete. Adding the ‘t’ worked (type `ant-TAB` for `antsibull-*` and `ans-TAB` for `ansible-*`), while still keeping the connection to Ansible obvious.

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**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-antsibull/3287/4 "2024-01-12T19:35:21Z")

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To add to @acozine’s tab completion example: one of the other candidates back then was `ansibull` without the `t`.

And if you want to know more about the `bull`: [Jan-Piet Mens :: A cow and bull story about Ansible](https://jpmens.net/2021/11/18/a-cow-and-bull-story-about-ansible/)

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**Author:** ![akira6592](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akira6592/32/222_2.png) [@akira6592](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akira6592)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-antsibull/3287/5 "2024-01-13T00:45:15Z")

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Thank you for everyone!

I understood it, including the background.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-antsibull/3287/6 "2024-02-12T00:45:24Z")

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