do you pronounce/sound-out "OS"

[NikPreviousAcct]

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

 

[oniq]

Originally posted by: 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.

Huh? 😕

 

[atom]

Originally posted by: notfred
It's not a freaking word.

So you're one of those people that says "pee-oh-pee three" instead of "pop three"?

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I'm so glad I don't have a mac, I have the wonderful Windows expee. oh wait it sounds just like XP

 

[Kipper]

BWAAHAHAHA

 

[PanzerIV]

Your coworker is an idiot.........she uses AOL for crying out loud. 😀

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Your coworker is an idiot.........she uses AOL for crying out loud. 😀

I wonder if she pronounces it like "Owl"

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Your coworker is an idiot.........she uses AOL for crying out loud. 😀

I wonder if she pronounces it like "Owl"

LOL. Good point!

 

[Mandos]

This is quite ridiculous.

 

[ColdFusion718]

Originally posted by: jntdesign
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"

How about when people pronounce DOS as "dose?"


LMAO

 

[Lorax]

actually, i've heard mac users call MacOS "Mac-ohs" before.

 

[Eli]

LOL.. that's pretty bad.

I've always said O-S.

 

[SilentZero]

Thats messed up. Id flame the crap out of her repeatedly.

 

[hdeck]

oh es

 

[Squisher]

Tell her that she sounds like an AHHHSS when she says that.

 

[drnickriviera]

Reminds me of my high school computer teacher who pronounced ASCII as 'ask 2'

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: 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....

Technically an acronym must be pronounced phonetically. So "OS" is not an acronym, but "DOS" is. "CIA" and "FBI" are not acronyms. "LASER" and "RADAR" are.

ZV

 

[zimu]

Originally posted by: drnickriviera
Reminds me of my high school computer teacher who pronounced ASCII as 'ask 2'

LOLOL, thats SO retarded! high school computer teachers are such retardos.

 

[bastula]

What about BIOS? I always made fun of my old roommate because he pronounced it "bye-ahhhs." Well he was a Mac user too, so I am pretty sure he said "Mac-ahhhs" as well.

Anyways, I pronounce it "bye-ohs." You guys?

 

[MikePanic]

Originally posted by: jntdesign
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"

id just walk away from her... she can't prounce oh-es 10 properly AND she is using aohell...

 

[MrCodeDude]

You should start pronouncing AOL "a ohl."

What, are you using "a ohl" on your ahhs?

 

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
You should start pronouncing AOL "a ohl."

What, are you using "a ohl" on your ahhs?

I'd probably get fired for sexual harrassment for that 😉

Originally posted by: drnickriviera
Reminds me of my high school computer teacher who pronounced ASCII as 'ask 2'

thats pretty funny 🙂

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Originally posted by: Modeps
Oh Es Ecks!

DUDE! It's oscks! 😀

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: wkabel23

Originally posted by: bleeb
OH-S

 

[TheVrolok]

I always thought it was pretty self-explanatory .. O, as in THE LETTER, and then S as in THE LETTER. 😛