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Title: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Runer112 on May 18, 2011, 03:28:25 pm

Simple question: how do you pronounce the z80 mnemonics? Don't feel compelled to mention every single instruction, but at least mention those you pronounce differently from me.

Capital letter means pronounce the letter, lowercase letters means pronounce the word. Ones in bold are ones I think I pronounce strangely!

ex		ex
exx		ex
ld		load
ldd		L-D-D
lddr		L-D-D-R
ldi		L-D-I
ldir		L-dir
pop		pop
push		push
adc		add-C
add		add
cp		C-P
cpd		C-P-D
cpdr		C-P-D-R
cpi		C-P-I
cpir		C-P-I-R
cpl		C-P-L
daa		daah
dec		deck
inc		ink
neg		neg
sbc		S-B-C
sub		sub
and		and
bit		bit
ccf		C-C-F
or		or
res		rez
scf		S-C-F
set		set
xor		X-or
rl		R-L
rla		R-L-A
rlc		R-L-C
rlca		R-L-C-A
rld		R-L-D
rr		R-R
rra		ruh-rah
rrc		R-R-C
rrca		R-R-C-A
rrd		R-R-D
sla		slah
sll		S-L-L
sra		srah
srl		SRL
call		call
djnz		D-J-N-Z
jp		J-P
jr		J-R
nop		no-op
ret		ret
reti		ready
retn		ret-N
rst		R-S-T
di		D-I
ei		E-I
halt		halt
im		imm
in		in
ind		I-N-D
indr		I-N-D-R
ini		I-N-I
inir		I-N-I-R
otdr		O-T-D-R
otir		O-T-I-R
out		out
outd		out-D
outi		outie

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: AngelFish on May 18, 2011, 03:30:04 pm

The only mnemonics I don't spell out are push, pop, sub, add, out, and, dec and halt.

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: aeTIos on May 18, 2011, 03:31:24 pm

I always pronounce:
ret = return
jp = jump
nop = nop
xor = xor
res = reset

Spoiler For This was the original msg:

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Munchor on May 18, 2011, 03:31:45 pm

I don't know most of those instructions so here are the ones I know:

ex ex
ld L-D
cp C-P
jp J-P
jr J-R
push push
pop pop
out out
in in
nop nops
ret ret

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Runer112 on May 18, 2011, 03:33:05 pm

Quote from: Qwerty.55 on May 18, 2011, 03:30:04 pm

The only mnemonics I don't spell out are push, pop, sub, add, out, and, dec and halt.

:o You don't pronounce mnemonics like neg, bit, and call as words?

Quote from: aeTIos on May 18, 2011, 03:31:24 pm

Thanks, that will help me remembering the mnemonics. also, doesnt ret mean "return"?

Yes, it does.

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: AngelFish on May 18, 2011, 03:34:55 pm

Quote from: Runer112 on May 18, 2011, 03:33:05 pm

Quote from: Qwerty.55 on May 18, 2011, 03:30:04 pm
The only mnemonics I don't spell out are push, pop, sub, add, out, and, dec and halt.

:o You don't pronounce mnemonics like neg, bit, and call as words?

Maybe RET and CALL too, but that's it :P

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Hot_Dog on May 18, 2011, 04:00:00 pm

For me:

ret = "retire"
ldir = "L-Director"
res = "res"
nop = "n-o-p"
ld = "l-d"
rst = "rest" or "reset"

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Eeems on May 18, 2011, 04:10:30 pm

I always pronounce dec as des

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: aeTIos on May 18, 2011, 04:11:37 pm

^^ That.

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Freyaday on May 18, 2011, 04:17:51 pm

exx eggs
ldir l-deer
adc add-k
xor kszor
sra sirrah
djnz d'jinnz
IND end
INDR ender
INI enni
INIR ineer
otir O-teer

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Munchor on May 18, 2011, 04:19:21 pm

Oh!

xor gzor

That's how I read it :P

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Freyaday on May 18, 2011, 04:22:18 pm

Try saying all my pronunciations out loud.

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Quigibo on May 18, 2011, 04:44:58 pm

Am I the only one who pronounces jr as "jur"? I think ldir as "elder" is normal. But a lot of these I instinctively pronounce as what they stand for. Like I generally say "compare" for cp and "rotate right" for rr, etc. instead of reading the actual letters.

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: ztrumpet on May 18, 2011, 04:48:15 pm

Quote from: Quigibo on May 18, 2011, 04:44:58 pm

I think ldir as "elder" is normal. But a lot of these I instinctively pronounce as what they stand for. Like I generally say "compare" for cp and "rotate right" for rr, etc. instead of reading the actual letters.

I do all of this too. I don't think I have any notably weird ones. Maybe that I say "D-J-N-Z" as all separate letters. :)

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Freyaday on May 18, 2011, 04:49:41 pm

Well, I say DJNZ as the plural of d'jinn (or what it would be, if d'jinn was English in origin)

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Hot_Dog on May 18, 2011, 04:50:28 pm

ztrumpet I say "d-j-n-z" as well

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: ZippyDee on May 18, 2011, 04:50:59 pm

I say "jur" for jr, too. Also "D-J-N-Z."

I also say "slah" for sla and "srah" for sra, like Runer.

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Runer112 on May 18, 2011, 04:52:34 pm

So am I the only one who pronounces rra as "ruh-rah?" I wouldn't be surprised if I were.

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Freyaday on May 18, 2011, 04:52:57 pm

I say urrah

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Ashbad on May 18, 2011, 05:20:37 pm

Quote from: Hot_Dog on May 18, 2011, 04:50:28 pm

ztrumpet I say "d-j-n-z" as well

I call it the Disk Jockey of New Zealand

Title: Re: How do you pronounce z80?
Post by: Deep Toaster on May 18, 2011, 06:47:46 pm

I usually say the letters except for ones that obviously come from the beginning of the word it means.