do you say S-L-I or "sly"

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Mongaloids... I bet the same people who say "sly" pronounce ATOT "aye tot" and THG "thug."

Never even thought of those and agree that's wonky, but I stand by "sly". The real Geek would never say "ess ell eye", they'd say "Scalable Link Interface" and ignore the look of confusion upon the face of those listening to them!

"Sly" isn't even the correct pronuciation of "SLI" even if it was an actual word... the correct pronunciation would be "slee."

Really? Explain.

 

[Maximilian]

HAHAHAHAHA!! 14 people actually wander around saying things like "ive got sly!" or "i wish i had sly" No wonder noone knows what techy people are talking about...

Its an abbreviation, Scan Line Interleave or Scalable Link Interface. But whatever floats your boat, i still think its funny some of you say sly :laugh:

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Soviet
HAHAHAHAHA!! 14 people actually wander around saying things like "ive got sly!" or "i wish i had sly" No wonder noone knows what techy people are talking about...

Its an abbreviation, Scan Line Interleave or Scalable Link Interface. But whatever floats your boat, i still think its funny some of you say sly :laugh:

We are the Knights who say "Sly"!

 

[gi0rgi0]

Originally posted by: Exsomnis
I'm gonna' be a true keyboard warrior, and hit you with my keyboard. En gardé!

 

[compudog]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Mongaloids... I bet the same people who say "sly" pronounce ATOT "aye tot" and THG "thug."

Never even thought of those and agree that's wonky, but I stand by "sly". The real Geek would never say "ess ell eye", they'd say "Scalable Link Interface" and ignore the look of confusion upon the face of those listening to them!

The old Geeks would say "Scan Line Interleave."

 

[josh6079]

How again is this tread related to video? Oh yeah, because people are talking about three letters that correspond to a video feature. Honestly, who cares how someone says it? This is a thread that should go on an english column somewhere else. I can't believe it has made it this far. It's just a pole, tell the OP how you say it and go on. Why stop and start bickering about who is an idiot for saying it different ways. Grow up guys.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: compudog

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Mongaloids... I bet the same people who say "sly" pronounce ATOT "aye tot" and THG "thug."

Never even thought of those and agree that's wonky, but I stand by "sly". The real Geek would never say "ess ell eye", they'd say "Scalable Link Interface" and ignore the look of confusion upon the face of those listening to them!

The old Geeks would say "Scan Line Interleave."

Ya, I originally typed that out, but decided to doublecheck and saw the newer version of it.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Mongaloids... I bet the same people who say "sly" pronounce ATOT "aye tot" and THG "thug."

Never even thought of those and agree that's wonky, but I stand by "sly". The real Geek would never say "ess ell eye", they'd say "Scalable Link Interface" and ignore the look of confusion upon the face of those listening to them!

"Sly" isn't even the correct pronuciation of "SLI" even if it was an actual word... the correct pronunciation would be "slee."

Really? Explain.

How is the word "ski" pronounced?

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: josh6079
How again is this tread related to video? Oh yeah, because people are talking about three letters that correspond to a video feature. Honestly, who cares how someone says it? This is a thread that should go on an english column somewhere else. I can't believe it has made it this far. It's just a pole, tell the OP how you say it and go on. Why stop and start bickering about who is an idiot for saying it different ways. Grow up guys.

Yeah, we get it... you're mature, you take the high road. Wait... why did you post here? (shrug) Don't trip over the door mat on your way out the door as you look down your nose at everyone...

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: josh6079
How again is this tread related to video? Oh yeah, because people are talking about three letters that correspond to a video feature. Honestly, who cares how someone says it? This is a thread that should go on an english column somewhere else. I can't believe it has made it this far. It's just a pole, tell the OP how you say it and go on. Why stop and start bickering about who is an idiot for saying it different ways. Grow up guys.

That would be boring though.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Mongaloids... I bet the same people who say "sly" pronounce ATOT "aye tot" and THG "thug."

Never even thought of those and agree that's wonky, but I stand by "sly". The real Geek would never say "ess ell eye", they'd say "Scalable Link Interface" and ignore the look of confusion upon the face of those listening to them!

"Sly" isn't even the correct pronuciation of "SLI" even if it was an actual word... the correct pronunciation would be "slee."

Really? Explain.

How is the word "ski" pronounced?

We could do this all day.

Pi = ?
I = ?

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Mongaloids... I bet the same people who say "sly" pronounce ATOT "aye tot" and THG "thug."

Never even thought of those and agree that's wonky, but I stand by "sly". The real Geek would never say "ess ell eye", they'd say "Scalable Link Interface" and ignore the look of confusion upon the face of those listening to them!

"Sly" isn't even the correct pronuciation of "SLI" even if it was an actual word... the correct pronunciation would be "slee."

Really? Explain.

How is the word "ski" pronounced?

We could do this all day.

Pi = ?
I = ?

Pi is Greek, not English, so it doesn't apply. The word I is a single letter word so it's pronounced the same as the letter name, which in all cases happens to be the "long" pronunciation as with A, E, O, etc.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Mongaloids... I bet the same people who say "sly" pronounce ATOT "aye tot" and THG "thug."

Never even thought of those and agree that's wonky, but I stand by "sly". The real Geek would never say "ess ell eye", they'd say "Scalable Link Interface" and ignore the look of confusion upon the face of those listening to them!

"Sly" isn't even the correct pronuciation of "SLI" even if it was an actual word... the correct pronunciation would be "slee."

Really? Explain.

How is the word "ski" pronounced?

We could do this all day.

Pi = ?
I = ?

Pi is Greek, not English, so it doesn't apply. The word I is a single letter word so it's pronounced the same as the letter name, which in all cases happens to be the "long" pronunciation as with A, E, O, etc.

Sure it does apply. Fact is, "i" can be pronounced either way.

 

[dfloyd]

http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/context/571519/0

Seems to be SLY, according to this.

But depends on whether you are speaking of SLI or SLI

Personally I say S.L.I. (For several reasons, not the least of which S.L.I. all stands for different things so combining them is done but comparing it to other similar PC parts it should not be, for instance P.C.I., I.S.A. (Although I.S.A. is sometimes called ISA), and so on, but sometimes it is done as well such as CMOS.) as SLY sounds kind of silly for a computer part. Wow did you see his SLY setup lol.

But bottom line is I think both are correct, just like ISA.