How do you PRONOUNCE Cache?

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Originally posted by EnderW
what about BIOS? I say it 'bye oas' -' o' like boat.
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I do too, but i've heard 'bye-oss' - 'o' like moss


There's OS X as well, where I just say "X," but I know a lot of people who say "ten."
 
Originally posted by emorphien
I do too, but i've heard 'bye-oss' - 'o' like moss


There's OS X as well, where I just say "X," but I know a lot of people who say "ten."
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Definitely Bi-oss.

OS "ten"? Blegh. Everyone I know says O S X.

As for .gif, I say "giff" because the j sound is more associated with .jpg, which I say "jay-peg"

Here's a toughie, how does everyone say .png?

I've been thinking "peng" or "p-neg" but I really have no idea.
 
Originally posted by NightRaven
Definitely Bi-oss.

OS "ten"? Blegh. Everyone I know says O S X.

As for .gif, I say "giff" because the j sound is more associated with .jpg, which I say "jay-peg"

Here's a toughie, how does everyone say .png?

I've been thinking "peng" or "p-neg" but I really have no idea.
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bye-oh-s
giff
OS ex
and I say "pee en gee"

as for asus and abit...
canadian "eh"-soos
canadian "eh"-bit
 
I call it p n g, or 'ping.'

Abit = a-bit (like a little bit)
asus - asses, heh
IEEE1394 = I Triple E 13-94
URL = U R L
OSX = O S X
BIOS = Bye-ohs
 
heh this is frequently mispronounced, but I've corrected all my friends, now if only I could silence though, but on some brand names I get confused.. A lot of my friends say a sauce, I say ace us, ab it, a- bit, etc. I havent heard anyone say Atty for ati though but I have heard nee vidia and n vidia
 
Those are some new ones:

Bye-ose ( as in 'dose')

Jiff

Ping (or pee en gee)

jay-peg, or jay pee gee
 
ASUS = "a-suess" or "asoose"
GIF = "giff", jif is peanut butter... and the "G" in "Graphics" isn't pronounced like "jraphics"
 
Bi - Ose
Jay Peg
Gif (not jif like peanut butter brand)
P - N - G

and Fiddy, fiddy cent yo!

how do you say "TIM" ?? for thermal-interface-material??

Tim as in the name, or T-I-M...


i just say thermal paste :p
 
Bye-Ose
jiff (been saying it this way for god knows how long... when it was "Compuserve GIF" )
jay peg
em peg
ping
Oh Ess Ecks - Jag war (screw the brits and their jag u arrs)
Way-comm (Wacom Tablets, my friend says "whack 'em")
Aye-sis
aye-bit
Uh lee sis (Alesis)
poz ix

van wick (Van Wyck Expressway in NYC)
koz key us ko (Kosciusko bridge between Brooklyn & Queens)

Not that these last two matter, but it's on Fox news @ 10 so I thought I'd throw them in.
 
Originally posted by KaosDG
Not that these last two matter, but it's on Fox news @ 10 so I thought I'd throw them in.
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What about Houston street? (in manhattan)

I say HIEWSTIN, but everyone else says HOWSTIN :mad:
 
Originally posted by KaosDG
koz key us ko (Kosciusko bridge between Brooklyn & Queens)

Not that these last two matter, but it's on Fox news @ 10 so I thought I'd throw them in.
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that's after Thaddeus Kosciusko??

first name "Ta-deh-wooosh, that last name is pronounced Kosch-chu-sko..

it's Polish :D


<<<<<<<Polish
 
Originally posted by KaosDG
Way-comm (Wacom Tablets, my friend says "whack 'em")
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As a proud owner of a Wacom tablet I am offended by your horrid pronunciation. Everyone knows it's "Wah-comm" :cool:

it is
 
the asus one was bugging me, so I called their tech support.

according to them, it's a-soos (with a long a, like in cake)
 
Originally posted by joblo37pam
the asus one was bugging me, so I called their tech support.

according to them, it's a-soos (with a long a, like in cake)
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That is correct, ASOOOS or EWWSOOS
 
Originally posted by emorphien
It'll always be A-sus in my book. A-sooos just sounds plain retarded.
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Well that is how they say it, and also what the name of the Company is.....
 
Originally posted by MaNiC
I feel like slapping people when they call it "kash-ay"
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i usually say "Cash", but the proper pronounciation actually IS "Kash-ay" (every old computer book i have has the pronounciation this way)

Originally posted by obyj34
I used to always call linux line-ux but now that I use it every once and a while (when I'm bored or if I'm at school and I can't get around the filter, then I use a Knoppix boot disc) I know pronounce it correctly as lin-ux. I used to mess up cache but once I actualy heard someone on the all-mighty TV say it, I switched to cash.

Why don't we call IEEE just firewire instead of AIEEEEEEE!!!!? Save us alot of hassles and funny looks :p
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IEEE 1394 is firewire. IEEE is a standards organization responsible for a ton of shit. and it's pronounced I tripple E. ask any electrical engineer ;)
 
Originally posted by plot
i usually say "Cash", but the proper pronounciation actually IS "Kash-ay" (every old computer book i have has the pronounciation this way)
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They better tell that to every dictionary. It's just an adaptation of the meaning of a word, hell it didn't need much adapting even. It's a hidey place!

Stupid old computer books trying to be special and different.
 
Why take it so trouble when you can just call it "FIREWIRE" then I E E E thriteen nine four?? they are the same (except 4 or 6 pin config and 400/800Mbps speed)

For EISA.. I dont want to be laughed few years ago so i pronounce it as Enhanced-I S A :p
 
Originally posted by Sinister6
Why take it so trouble when you can just call it "FIREWIRE" then I E E E thriteen nine four?? they are the same (except 4 or 6 pin config and 400/800Mbps speed)

For EISA.. I dont want to be laughed few years ago so i pronounce it as Enhanced-I S A :p
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Generally, when i talk to Mac people, I call it i.Link. It really pisses them Off.

for EISA, a few of us usually have said this:
EISA "ee-suh"
ISA "Eye-suh"
VESA "Vay-suh"
MCA we always called Microchannel... damn geeks.
 
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