do you pronounce/sound-out "OS"

I've always said O S, and I had yet to hear anyone sound it out until today.

Btw, she's complaining that her AOL doesn't work with "MAC AHHHSS ten" but it works with "MAC AHHSS nine"

 

[maziwanka]

HAHAHAHAHA

 

[bleeb]

OH-S

 

[wkabel23]

Originally posted by: bleeb
OH-S

 

[notfred]

It's not a freaking word.

 

[Ryuson99]

Originally posted by: wkabel23

Originally posted by: bleeb
OH-S

I say OS like ya but when we talking about network operations systems I say it like if it was a word "NOS"

 

[nageov3t]

yeah. I've never heard anyone say it as anything other than OH-S

 

[DingDingDao]

last time I pronounced OS ahhhsss was when it was Daaaahhhhs. Since then...Oh - Ess.

 

[Beattie]

Wow, that's awesome. I dont think I ever met someone that didnt understand the acronym for Operating System

 

[Jzero]

Ahhs/2 Warp was a great Ahhs.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: wkabel23

Originally posted by: bleeb
OH-S

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: DingDingDao
last time I pronounced OS ahhhsss was when it was Daaaahhhhs. Since then...Oh - Ess.

Yeah, same here.

 

[Mandos]

Originally posted by: bleeb
OH-S

 

[randomlinh]

O. S. X, not ten. cause that way, it sounds like oh sex.

 

[TheWart]

While he is at it, ask him to say ATI and AMD....

 

[Yaotl]

i always sound it out

 

[Ryuson99]

Originally posted by: lnguyen
O. S. X, not ten. cause that way, it sounds like oh sex.

and you were trying to be funny?


1/10 cause im in a good mood

 

[Leetman]

Wow thats bad.

 

[Modeps]

Oh Es Ecks!

 

[eLiu]

Hahahaha...mac-ahhhsss...hahaha that's great

I pronounced DOS D-ahhss...being as how no one said Dee Oh Ess...but after that it's been Oh-Ess.

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: Jzero
Ahhs/2 Warp was a great Ahhs.

lol

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: bleeb
OH-S

same here

 

[Fingolfin269]

Every time she says AAAHHHSSS slap her, and say 'NO' in a firm voice... then quickly give her a treat when she says it correctly.

 

[CChaos]

The difference between initials and acronyms is obviously not readily apparent to everyone. Of course, there's nothing worse than having no idea how to pronounce something and being forced to before you can find out the correct way to say it. This is much worse than not even realizing you can't pronounce it in the first place and having it just spill out. And of course, OS is not an acronym, just initials.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: CChaos
The difference between initials and acronyms is obviously not readily apparent to everyone.

What is the difference, then?

The way I see it, all initials are acronyms, but not all acronyms are initials. OS is both the initials AND an acronym. RADAR, on the other hand, is an acronym but not the initials of the words it represents....