How do you say Xenon?

[Chiboy]

Topic^

 

[The Dancing Peacock]

zee-non or zeen-on, I dunno

 

[jdini76]

zeenon

 

[ComputerMonkey]

zee-non

EDIT: Wow a 3 way posting tie!

 

[Encryptic]

Zee-non.

 

[mwtgg]

Edit, I mistook the word. But, I didn't look it up at m-w, and it can be 'zee-non' or 'zen-on'.

Whoops

 

[EyeMWing]

Ex-E-Non.








er, I mean Zee-non.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: mwtgg
Somehow I just drop the first 'n', and say it "zee-on". Dunno why...

TO MUCH INTEL FOR YOU!


/hands mwtgg a tray of Opterons

 

[Tetsuo]

Zed-non













Zee-non

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

mwtgg

Odd, I must be the only person who pronouced it "Opt-ter-on"

Seriously?

Xee-Non

 

[conjur]

tee-vee

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: Encryptic
Zee-non.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

TO MUCH INTEL FOR YOU!


/hands mwtgg a tray of Opterons

Yeah... thanks for them though

 

[Wingznut]

Who would pronounce it any way but "Zee-non"???

 

[Xenon]

Umm...Can I help you or something?

 

[FoBoT]

the gas?

 

[BooGiMaN]

hmmm
xmas=christmas
so
xenon=christenon

i also have a bridge for sell if you believe the above

 

[ThisIsMatt]

zee-non

 

[IGBT]

X=Z............??...........

 

Could be pronounced "Zen on".

 

[BAMAVOO]

Pronounced sh-iat!

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
hmmm
xmas=christmas
so
xenon=christenon

i also have a bridge for sell if you believe the above

/zaps with christ-ray.

 

[kazeakuma]

Originally posted by: SammySon
Could be pronounced "Zen on".

That's how I say it, i've never heard anyone say zee-non either. Always zen-on. But that's probably a locality thing.

 

[Ranger X]

I think people will look at you funny if you say Zen-On.

I say Zee Non.

 

[Maleficus]

Xenon