do you say es-ix or e-six? (or even ez-ix? lol)

I say the first one.

topic #44683

this is about the site mascot, by the way.

_{also no, you're not going crazy, this thread OP and title is intentionally extremely similar to that of topic #44683.}

to expand, initially I used "e-six"^/'isɪks/ when reading its name, but as time has gone on, I find myself leaning towards the more name-sounding "es-ix"^/ˈɛsɪks/ or "ez-ix"^/ˈɛzɪks/ to refer to it.

maryland_p_sevenson said:
this is about the site mascot, by the way.

_{also no, you're not going crazy, this thread OP and title is intentionally extremely similar to that of topic #44683.}

to expand, initially I used "e-six"^/'isɪks/ when reading its name, but as time has gone on, I find myself leaning towards the more name-sounding "es-ix"^/ˈɛsɪks/ or "ez-ix"^/ˈɛzɪks/ to refer to it.

Well you're pretty close to the correct answer, and that is Essex

I've always thought it was e-six (e as in we). es-ix (es as in less) sounds too close to Essex, which is a county name in both England and the US.

Essex.
Es-sex.