Pronouncing ASUS: A-sus" or "a-SOOS" ...

[Trikat]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
"ASS-es"

I don't like the quality of ASUS products so I do the same and call them ASS-es.

 

[Bassyhead]

I pronounce it "REPOST"

 

[heinz256]

a-zeus ftw!

 

[cambre]

My buddy who works there told me it's a shortening of pegasus. So, I guess that means you should pronounce it like pegasus without the peg. Its taiwanese name is totally different but I forget what it is right now.

 

[arcenite]

ay-sus

 

[igowerf]

I have a cousin who works for Asus in Taiwan and he pronounces it A-soos.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

A Soos.

 

[her209]

I say Abit just to fvck with them.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Ah-Suess (like Dr. Suess)

 

[Xyclone]

A-Sus.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
ASUS is named after the Greek god SUS(pronounced "SOOS"), the third cousin of Zeus.

In ancient Greek mythology, SUS is the god of motherboards.

:thumbsup:

You'll find a lot of Mythological names in modern times.

 

[PHiuR]

a-sus

 

[Baked]

Jesus.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Ay-soos sounds like Jesus.. I say A-suhs because it sounds better. There's no reason to say ay-soos because it's not a word. In Engish, U happens to be pronounced "uh" not "ooo".

Jee, and here, I've been mispronouncing words such as brute, tube, or lube.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Ay-soos sounds like Jesus.. I say A-suhs because it sounds better. There's no reason to say ay-soos because it's not a word. In Engish, U happens to be pronounced "uh" not "ooo".

Jee, and here, I've been mispronouncing words such as brute, tube, or lube.

mercanucaribe: http://homepages.bw.edu/~gwalton/funnies/files/owned.jpg

 

[13Gigatons]

Hey Zeus

 

[EyeMWing]

Actually, I've heard Asus employees say it both ways. Apparently, even THEY don't know.

 

[BW86]

A-Suhs

 

[eits]

i used to say "ay-sus".... i found out after calling tech support for their pos product that it's actually "ay-soos"

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
I always pronounced it "A sus" but I called the rma guy and he said welcome to "a SOOS" rma.

because those indians can't pronounce a sus.

 

[JDrake]

lol wow I guess "awww suuus" is really wrong

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: bleuless
its a taiwanese company, with a taiwanese pronounciation of a soos.
kinda like honda is really pronounced hown da
or nissan is ni sun

Yup,
and yamaha is pronounced yeah maw hah

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: InlineFour

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
I always pronounced it "A sus" but I called the rma guy and he said welcome to "a SOOS" rma.

because those indians can't pronounce a sus.

rma is done by chinese people, not indians. The pc industry is predominately taiwanese.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Originally posted by: cambre
My buddy who works there told me it's a shortening of pegasus. So, I guess that means you should pronounce it like pegasus without the peg. Its taiwanese name is totally different but I forget what it is right now.

Correct, Asus came from the word Pegasus - Asus Wiki

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: sandorski
A-sus