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Topic: | how do you pronounce it? This thread has 28 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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Post 1 made on Wednesday March 24, 2004 at 10:12 |
bob griffiths Founding Member |
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My son pronounces the file extenstion Gif as "Jiffs" and so do quite a few other sources why? The general public in the UK call Bose "bossay" or "boss" or non Bose dealers call them "crap" JVC is always "JCB" Sharp is always "Sharpseys" Maxell is always "maxwell" aiwa is"urwer" "haywer" sony is "Sunni" Technics is "techneeks" etc etc
This message was edited by bob griffiths on 03/29/04 07:42.
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Post 2 made on Wednesday March 24, 2004 at 10:19 |
Anthony Ultimate Member |
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how do you pronounce them?
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Post 3 made on Wednesday March 24, 2004 at 11:16 |
GregoriusM RC Consultant |
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People in England don't pronounce any of them correctly, as far as I'm concerned. ;-)
GIF: Graphic Interchange Format - yes, I hear JIFF mostly, but I say GIF, although people tend to wonder what I mean until I say JIFF.
Bose: Boze as in "toes".
Sharp: Is, well, SHARP.
JVC: Is just as the letters sound.
Aiwa: Everyone I've heard pronounces it Eye-Wah with the Wah rhyming with Saw.
Maxell: Max-ell. Self-explanatory.
Sony: So-knee.
Technics is "techneeks" - Yep.
But (and this is not a funny comment as the first comment was) I find that a lot of people from England like to put their own pronunciation on a lot of things. They do know how it is pronounced, but like to throw a "curve" into the mix, for the fun of it.
Anyway, that's my take on things, for what it's worth.
G.
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Post 4 made on Wednesday March 24, 2004 at 11:56 |
djy RC Moderator |
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When the wife and I had our brief introduction to Japanese, a few years back, I was amazed at the number of everyday words/names we were, in fact, pronouncing incorrectly.
For example, Toyota. Most people would simply say Toy-ota. In fact it's really three syllables, To-yo-ta (with the first letter of each being pronounced hard).
Similarly Kimono is not, Kee-mow-no, it's Ki-mo-no.
Oh, and it's not Techneeks, or whatever; it's Ma-tsu-shi-ta. And Sony decided upon their name with a view to western pronunciation - we being an uncultured bunch, they thought it would be easier for us. (And I pronounce it So (hard o) -ny by the way).
This message was edited by djy on 03/25/04 03:29.
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Post 5 made on Wednesday March 24, 2004 at 15:52 |
GregoriusM RC Consultant |
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Intersting, deej! To-yo-ta, hey? When you pronounce it that way it has more of a Japanese accent, I find.
Cool!
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Post 6 made on Wednesday March 24, 2004 at 16:28 |
Jay In Chicago Founding Member |
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Ka de Oh Kay.
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Post 7 made on Wednesday March 24, 2004 at 22:29 |
Anthony Ultimate Member |
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I pronounce it Jiff, always pronounced it to-yo-ta, pronounce it more like bows (as in bows and arrow)
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Post 8 made on Wednesday March 24, 2004 at 22:41 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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I've always pronounced it "jiff" as in "be done in a jiff". I've heard "gif" as in "gift" without the "t"... but then again, I had one friend that kept calling them "gifts" WITH the "t". :-)
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Post 9 made on Thursday March 25, 2004 at 03:32 |
djy RC Moderator |
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On 03/24/04 15:52, GregoriusM said...
Intersting, deej! To-yo-ta, hey? When you pronounce it that way it has more of a Japanese accent, I find.
Cool! The real fun bit was winding up Izumi; talking Japanese in a broad Yorkshire accent.
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Post 10 made on Thursday March 25, 2004 at 07:14 |
Anthony Ultimate Member |
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BTW it rymes with sit and pit
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Post 11 made on Thursday March 25, 2004 at 11:58 |
GregoriusM RC Consultant |
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There were some people at my old place of work that just KILLED the English language in a number of ways.
Bit map - became bitmat for one guy.
Dog eat dog world - became "doggy dog world" for one lady.
I could go on, but it's been so long that I forget a number of them. But, the first guy had dozens of them that he screwed up. The funny part was that it was a pre-press house (preparing files, etc. before going to the printer), so you'd think he would know the difference between "bitmap" and "bitmat".
Yoiks!
G.
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Post 12 made on Thursday March 25, 2004 at 21:55 |
Mr. Prefect Long Time Member |
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I do not believe that yoiks is a word. Your opinion however, may vary.
-Mr. Prefect (always on the job, striving for prefection).
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Post 13 made on Friday March 26, 2004 at 08:04 |
djy RC Moderator |
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Mr Prefect, I do believe I'm shocked.
No only is yoicks a word, Mr G has actually misspelt it.
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Post 14 made on Friday March 26, 2004 at 13:23 |
King of typos Loyal Member |
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Main Entry: yoicks Pronunciation: 'yoiks Function: interjection -- used as a cry of encouragement to foxhounds
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Post 15 made on Friday March 26, 2004 at 23:37 |
GregoriusM RC Consultant |
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Not only did I mispell the word, but I used it improperly!
Yoicks! .......... uh, I mean... Yikes!
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