How do you pronounce ATI

Appledrop

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His thread reminded me of a thread i was going to make ages ago :) In my mind, and on the occasions it crops up IRL, i have said attey raydeon, but thinking bout that, it it probably wrong :)
 

VIAN

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According to english language rules, it should be pronounced Ra in Radeon should be pronounced Ray, but then rest is weird. Maybe, it's supposed to be called Raydon.
 

sandorski

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Originally posted by: VIAN
According to english language rules, it should be pronounced Ra in Radeon should be pronounced Ray, but then rest is weird. Maybe, it's supposed to be called Raydon.

It is a proper name, to Hell with the rules.
 

PrayForDeath

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Originally posted by: VIAN
According to english language rules, it should be pronounced Ra in Radeon should be pronounced Ray, but then rest is weird. Maybe, it's supposed to be called Raydon.

Rules were made to be broken
 

rgreen83

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Originally posted by: VIAN
According to english language rules, it should be pronounced Ra in Radeon should be pronounced Ray, but then rest is weird. Maybe, it's supposed to be called Raydon.


So if my name were spelled Deon, you would pronounce it "don"? Either it makes more sense than GeForce, which the way its pronounced should be spelled G-Force, as is it should sound like "gef"force.
 

trinibwoy

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Originally posted by: rgreen83
Originally posted by: VIAN
According to english language rules, it should be pronounced Ra in Radeon should be pronounced Ray, but then rest is weird. Maybe, it's supposed to be called Raydon.


So if my name were spelled Deon, you would pronounce it "don"? Either it makes more sense than GeForce, which the way its pronounced should be spelled G-Force, as is it should sound like "gef"force.

Not really. Do you pronounce genius as geh-nius?
 

EightySix Four

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A. T. I. Ray dee on

I think somewhere on the older parts of their site there is a flash animation that says it as ray dee on
 

BillyBobJoel71

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it sounds like radian, which is a mathematical term, so maybe thats where they got radeon from. i know geforce comes from G-force (gravitational force).
ati stands for Array Technologies, Incorporated.
 

MobiusPizza

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Ah~~ Tea~
Ray on!

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it sounds like radian, which is a mathematical term, so maybe thats where they got radeon from
Well or perhaps Radon gas
Or just a random name
 

Maluno

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Does anyone else pronounce nVidea as "nuh-vi-dee-ya," like me?

Or do you say "en-vi-dee-ya."
 

AlienCraft

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Originally posted by: Azzith
His thread reminded me of a thread i was going to make ages ago :) In my mind, and on the occasions it crops up IRL, i have said attey raydeon, but thinking bout that, it it probably wrong :)
Didn't stay awake during those boring English classes, did you?
 

SonicIce

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Originally posted by: Azzith
His thread reminded me of a thread i was going to make ages ago :) In my mind, and on the occasions it crops up IRL, i have said attey raydeon, but thinking bout that, it it probably wrong :)

:Q I'm famous :D
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