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Pronunciation, How do you pronounce this and how do you pronounce that... |
 Mar 8 2007, 11:47 AM
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Common mispronounced IT brands and technical terms:
Adobe : say A-Doe-Bee Linux : say Lee-Nux (as pronounced by Linus Torvald) NOT Lie-Nux (as many american and european do) AJAX : say A-Jack (not Ajax as the soccer team where we pronounce it with the silence 'J' as in spanish) Class : say Cl-Ass/Cl-Last (not Ke-Last as you pronounce it in Malay!) Wi-Fi : say Why-Fhai SCSI: say Scuzzy/Ska-Zie WSDL : say Weasedel Apache : say Aaa-pa-chey MySQL : say My-Sequel/My-See-Kwel OR simply My-S-Q-L Algorithm : say Al-Gore-Ree-Tuhm ...well that's all that popped in my head for now. Feel free to add... (or ask, but I seldomly visit this forum lately, maybe someone else will help you) =) P/s: This is a tribute to this thread and for those who want to improve their English for interview (especially for an IT related position) =) Kiriman ini telah diubahsuai oleh electroboy: Mar 8 2007, 11:49 AM -------------------- "There are people who don't like capitalism, and there are people who don't like PCs, but there's no one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft."
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Mar 8 2007, 12:54 PM
Kiriman
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Is that right we pronounce Adobe like A-Doe-Bee ..seriously? I always say it like Adopt...hehehehe
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Mar 8 2007, 12:59 PM
Kiriman
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we seldomly mispronounce them
because we like to pronounce the words with malay word.. for example: JOSE: jo-se but the right pronounce is: ho-se -------------------- Pentium4 HT 3.06GHZ
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Mar 8 2007, 06:17 PM
Kiriman
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QUOTE(dragonfirebreath @ Mar 8 2007, 12:59 PM) [snapback]438687[/snapback] we seldomly mispronounce them because we like to pronounce the words with malay word.. for example: JOSE: jo-se but the right pronounce is: ho-se totally agree....  And while reading this thread,I've discovered that the spelling for pronunciation is actually 'Pronunciation'.. Kiriman ini telah diubahsuai oleh Hmir: Mar 9 2007, 03:04 PM -------------------- http://www.Putera.com/tanya lurkers....
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Mar 9 2007, 03:10 PM
Kiriman
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QUOTE(alltvmas @ Mar 8 2007, 12:54 PM) [snapback]438681[/snapback] Is that right we pronounce Adobe like A-Doe-Bee ..seriously? I always say it like Adopt...hehehehe Yes it's right ..we pronounce it as an A Doe Bee ...not "adobe" like "adopt"... QUOTE(Hmir @ Mar 8 2007, 06:17 PM) [snapback]438999[/snapback] totally agree.... And while reading this thread,I've discovered that the spelling for pronunciation is actually 'Pronunciation'.. “Pronounce” is the verb, but the O is omitted for the noun: “pronunciation.” |
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Mar 9 2007, 03:20 PM
Kiriman
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QUOTE(Million_Makers @ Mar 9 2007, 03:10 PM) [snapback]439688[/snapback] “Pronounce” is the verb, but the O is omitted for the noun: “pronunciation.” Sorry,my mistakes... 
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Mar 9 2007, 09:59 PM
Kiriman
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something like explanation for explain
-------------------- As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don't know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
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Mar 11 2007, 03:34 PM
Kiriman
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QUOTE(electroboy @ Mar 8 2007, 11:47 AM) [snapback]438630[/snapback] Common mispronounced IT brands and technical terms: Adobe : say A-Doe-Bee Linux : say Lee-Nux (as pronounced by Linus Torvald) NOT Lie-Nux (as many american and european do) AJAX : say A-Jack (not Ajax as the soccer team where we pronounce it with the silence 'J' as in spanish) Class : say Cl-Ass/Cl-Last (not Ke-Last as you pronounce it in Malay!) Wi-Fi : say Why-Fhai SCSI: say Scuzzy/Ska-Zie WSDL : say Weasedel Apache : say Aaa-pa-chey MySQL : say My-Sequel/My-See-Kwel OR simply My-S-Q-L Algorithm : say Al-Gore-Ree-Tuhm Wow. I've just discovered how to pronounce those words although I don't know the meaning of some of them. 
Kiriman ini telah diubahsuai oleh hijaulaut_08: Mar 11 2007, 03:37 PM |
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Mar 12 2007, 12:08 PM
Kiriman
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QUOTE Adobe : say A-Doe-Bee nahhhh..now i know.. but most of my lecture pronounce it as adop  ~editted my bad 
Kiriman ini telah diubahsuai oleh ne7za: Mar 12 2007, 12:09 PM -------------------- nelza@dell.com : nelzalicious.fotopages.com :
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 Mar 16 2007, 08:25 PM
Kiriman
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Hye i have problem pronuncing this often seeing word (kaspersky)
Is it sound like -ski or -sky (langit)? |
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Mar 17 2007, 01:18 AM
Kiriman
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QUOTE(PoCH @ Mar 16 2007, 08:25 PM) [snapback]445546[/snapback] Hye i have problem pronuncing this often seeing word (kaspersky) Is it sound like -ski or -sky (langit)? Haha, I don't think I can help you with russian, but yeah I do always pronounce it as Casper-Skee...and I guess I am right, a little bit of googling brought me to this link, check it out =) CODE http://forums.useice.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=1;t=1682;st=0 ...and don't forget to listen to this: CODE http://www.kurzin.net/kasp/kasp.mp3
Kiriman ini telah diubahsuai oleh electroboy: Mar 17 2007, 10:56 AM -------------------- "There are people who don't like capitalism, and there are people who don't like PCs, but there's no one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft."
-- Bill Gates |
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Mar 17 2007, 03:06 AM
Kiriman
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QUOTE(PoCH @ Mar 16 2007, 08:25 PM) [snapback]445546[/snapback] Hye i have problem pronuncing this often seeing word (kaspersky) Is it sound like -ski or -sky (langit)? Assalamualaikum Electroboy is correct. The English pronunciation for Kaspersky is Casper-skee. It is also flattering to pronounce Kaspersky in its native pronunciation like what you hear in that audio file (Kaas-piersh-kee OR Kaas-piers-kee) but to conventional speakers' ears, it could sound rather weird So, i'd say, go with Electroboy. Casperskee. Cik Bedah Temerloh p/s: I will brutally voodoo you all if you pronounce my name as Sick Bidder!~~ |
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 Mar 17 2007, 11:41 AM
Kiriman
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Ok2 Cik Bedah .. hehehe i wount pronunce that .. i have read link given by electroboy.. it seem that im not the only one having this problem .. almost worldwide
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Mar 19 2007, 11:31 PM
Kiriman
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hm..how about this science term, diarrhoea? I heard the narrator pronounce it as dai-ri. Is that correct?
Kiriman ini telah diubahsuai oleh hijaulaut_08: Mar 19 2007, 11:32 PM |
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Mar 20 2007, 01:24 AM
Kiriman
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QUOTE(hijaulaut_08 @ Mar 19 2007, 11:31 PM) [snapback]448133[/snapback] hm..how about this science term, diarrhoea? I heard the narrator pronounce it as dai-ri. Is that correct? It is pronounced as Dare-Rhea -------------------- "There are people who don't like capitalism, and there are people who don't like PCs, but there's no one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft."
-- Bill Gates |
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Mar 20 2007, 11:18 AM
Kiriman
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QUOTE(electroboy @ Mar 20 2007, 01:24 AM) [snapback]448233[/snapback] It is pronounced as Dare-Rhea is it? i thought it is pronounced as daierea / direrea something like that |
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Mar 22 2007, 09:01 AM
Kiriman
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QUOTE(lipas @ Mar 20 2007, 11:18 AM) [snapback]448433[/snapback] is it? i thought it is pronounced as daierea / direrea something like that Hmm that depends on how you really pronounce the "daierea / direrea". It's correct if you pronounce it as daie-rea or dire-rea.. Kiriman ini telah diubahsuai oleh electroboy: Mar 22 2007, 09:02 AM -------------------- "There are people who don't like capitalism, and there are people who don't like PCs, but there's no one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft."
-- Bill Gates |
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Mar 22 2007, 03:42 PM
Kiriman
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hi all,
hope you can help me on this..how to pronounce this word 'awe' ?? |
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Mar 23 2007, 07:46 AM
Kiriman
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QUOTE is it? i thought it is pronounced as daierea / direrea something like that Pronounce As Diary-Arrr..hhahaha ..but it's the easiest thing to remember rite?...  QUOTE(izan_nrs @ Mar 22 2007, 03:42 PM) [snapback]450773[/snapback] hi all, hope you can help me on this..how to pronounce this word 'awe' ?? It's An AWE = "Orw" like u saying "OR" but a little bit hard in the end...and with disappearing "R". Bout kasperky thing...my friend almost beat me coz he always saying it like SKY in the end..but im always saying that he was wrong...but yeah..he got so "weird"  (pronounce as Wee-Yerd) english....
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Mar 26 2007, 08:17 PM
Kiriman
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How about Hallelujah? I thought Hal-le-lu-jah buat the correct pronounciation for this word is Hal-la-lu-yah. Is this correct?
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Mar 26 2007, 10:23 PM
Kiriman
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QUOTE(amd_aft @ Mar 26 2007, 08:17 PM) [snapback]455097[/snapback] How about Hallelujah? I thought Hal-le-lu-jah buat the correct pronounciation for this word is Hal-la-lu-yah. Is this correct? It's A-lay-lu-yah -------------------- "There are people who don't like capitalism, and there are people who don't like PCs, but there's no one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft."
-- Bill Gates |
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Mar 27 2007, 12:46 PM
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eherm,
ALLOWED = L-LA-WED (not al-low-wed) tq. correct me if i'm wrong 
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Mar 28 2007, 04:00 AM
Kiriman
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QUOTE(electroboy @ Mar 26 2007, 10:23 PM) [snapback]455216[/snapback] It's A-lay-lu-yah perhaps you guys sh |
