[octotoad]

I’ve never heard anyone say “F stab” for fstab.

[diarrhea]

It's a file system table, isn't that what it stands for? F S tab reflects that, F stab is super misleading.

[Fnoord]

In my head it goes like "It keeps tab of your filesystems"

[saurik]

FWIW, I have always said "F stab" (for over 25 years now). I doubt I have never even heard anyone else say the term at all, though, so I am a glorious outlier ;P.

[usr1106]

It has always been F S tab.

[Daneel_]

I say f-stab in my head, but F S tab to others.

[alisonatwork]

I do the same. I also say et cetera in my head but E T C to other people, and soo dough in my head but soo do to others.

I wonder how many other people code-switch in this way to try make themselves better understood, when actually we would still understand one another if we just used our internal pronunciation?