MERGED: How do you say the site name? / What's with Eeee Ennn World?

[Delta]

But you can't pronounce "IBM" - If it was International Business Olfactory Machines, then we could call it IBOM (eye-BOHM).

If you see Microsoft's abbreviation, as in "MS Word", do you address it as Ms. Word?

 

[Thaumaturge]

If you see Microsoft's abbreviation, as in "MS Word", do you address it as Ms. Word?

If I don't know whether or not she's married, I do.

Thaumaturge.

P.S. It is absolutely Eeee Ennn World.

 

[Morrus]

Apparently, I'm wrong then.

It would appear so.

 

[HDTVDinner]

Lol, Eeee Ennn World. I guess thats that.

 

[Desdichado]

If it makes a difference, you can pronounce ibn. It is an arabic word. From ibn to ibm is not a leap of linguistics. So you can pronounce it. It's just clumsy to a native english speaker.

Actually, it is a bit of a leap of linguistics. Since both 'b' and 'm' are voiced labials, it's much more difficult to try and pronounce them together than 'b' and 'n', since 'n' is an unvoiced labial. Two voiced labials back to back would be very unusual in the "natural" linguistics world.

But what in the world are we talking about that for?!

 

[Gentlegamer]

If you see Microsoft's abbreviation, as in "MS Word", do you address it as Ms. Word?

Hello, I'm a salesperson from Microsoft, and I'm here to sell Word to your mother.

 

[sniffles]

Neither is incorrect, but I say "N-world". Like I said in another thread, if the acronym is pronouncible, then pronounce it.

I agree.

But what in the world are we talking about that for?!

See el-remmen's post.

 

[EricNoah]

I either say "E.N. World" or I say "my old site." Though of course that's not entirely accurate. So if I can be a little off, I don't begrudge the "Ehhnnn World" people being a little off.

 

[Festivus]

If you see Microsoft's abbreviation, as in "MS Word", do you address it as Ms. Word?

Actually, I call it Winword, since that is the executable file name and how I usually launch it.

I misvoted btw, I pronounce it like the page name currently displays: Eeee Ennn World, so the vote is off by one in the wrong way.

I have a friend who pronounces Gencon as "ghen con" as in ghengis khan, not Gen as in generation (or geneva). It's a bit like fingernails on a chalkboard to me so I can see where Ennnworld would be similar.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

My wife calls it the "Black Screen of Death."

I call it "home."

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