It's officially (as confirmed by Morrus and others) "ee enn world". Because it was started by Eric Noah, and we're pronouncing his initials. That's why they're capitalized, as well.And the obvious one:
How do you prononuce ENWorld?
For me it's "Enn-world" but some would say it as "Ee-enn-world".
I say it like you do. Each one is an individual letter representing one of the basic rule sets.First, I just noticed when creating this thread, there is no prefix for B/X or BECMI. so I guess OSR is the closest prefix.
Anyway, I heard The Rules Lawyer say today that he pronounced BECMI as "Beck-me". I've always said "B, E , C, M, I" saying each letter. That's how I remember it when it came out.
How do you say it?
Not me!Ha! Man, we are all so different lol.
This one went rogue!I type them out a lot more than I say them, but mentally in my head they can interchangeably be B.E.C.M.I, beck-me, Mentzer, 'the Mentzer boxed sets,' or 'the five colored boxed sets' depending on the needs of the conversation.
Sure, but "finding out what it means to me" is liable to spark another edition war.Now I want a Pointer Sisters song.
Wait! I want one of those too!!!Sure, but "finding out what it means to me" is liable to spark another edition war.
Edit: Never mind. Confused them with Aretha for a moment.
OOSAH! OOSAH!Again, I think as you look around, the general maxim holds- as the acronym becomes longer, people will want to pronounce it as a word if it resembles one.
I pronounces those as "ehn-world" and "Wizards". I've never really pronounced the acronym WotC in my head, just use it as shorthand.I also pronounce them as EEE-ENN World (E.N. World), and WOT-zee (WotC).