How Do You Say... "Epoch"

As a technologist, there are a lot of words and acronyms we often only read or type out but don't say out loud (commands/services/etc). So, I asked a bunch of folks how they pronounce some of them and recorded the result. For example...

For example: "Epoch"

In computing, an epoch is a date and time from which a computer measures system time. Most computer systems determine time as a number representing the seconds removed from particular arbitrary date and time.

How do you pronounce it?

Comments

[NLxDoDge]

I always pronounced it E-POG (A CH in our language is spoken as a G)
This is the first time I ever heard people say the word to be honest.

[Pete Cheslock]

Fascinating! As I mentioned all these pronunciations are valid!

[Roussel]

Now do ACL.

[Matt Ellen]

/ˈiːpɒk/

[Erin Bensinger]

This is the way

[Kelly Brown]

Jiff

[Vanessa Measom]

E-Pock for me :)

[Sergio Holgado]

iːpok

[Aris in Crypto]

Actually "epoch" derives from the Greek word "εποχή" which means period. If we take that into consideration the correct pronunciation would be /e.poˈç/.