[NeObliviscaris]

VIH-Stuh

I wanted to start a how do you pronounce Adobe,

cause I say 'A-Doh-Bah' as in rhymes with 'a globe'. But I emailed Adobe asking them and apprantly its sposed to be 'A-Do-Bee'

 

[lini]

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Originally Posted by trains are bad /img/forum/go_quote.gif (...) And I can't think of a single word in english that contains the plain romantic 'o' vowel. None. It always turns into a smeared dipthong across 'ou'. Why is it somehow more attractive, or easior, to be MORE complicated? (...)

Hmmm, rock? Pot? Bottom? (Ro-)bot? Sod? Rod? Bollocks?

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

P.S.: What the English language really needs are Umlaute: hämbörger! *rofl*

 

[XGJFilmsX]

visting of the veesting, i call it both really, it doesnt really matter because XP is still nicer, lets ask bill gates, that should clear it up

 

[XGJFilmsX]

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Originally Posted by Samgotit /img/forum/go_quote.gif It is vis-tuh. Straight from the creator's mouth @ 8 minutes 14 seconds: http://microsoftatces.com/archive/20...s-keynote.aspx

well i guess thats the answer, unless thats not the real bill gates??!?!?!?

 

[ronin74]

It makes no sense.
VISA = vee-sa, yes
VISTA = vee-sta, no.

 

[redshifter]

This thread is getting too silly.

 

[mofonyx]

Longhorn would be easier to pronounce, right?

 

[GlendaleViper]

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Originally Posted by Dzjudz /img/forum/go_quote.gif You consider Italian and Spanish dialects? Last time I checked, they were languages. But, to the point:However, I am pronouncing it in Dutch, not in English. That's the whole point: words are not pronounced the same in different languages. Example: Heineken: English speakers pronounce it differently than Dutch (Heineken is from the Netherlands) speakers. Same case, different word.

You seem to have missed my point entirely - good catch on my slip though. Whoops. I was simply coming back at a member who effectively posted contempt for a language because it's not as romantic sounding as certain others.

Let me be very clear that in reality, I couldn't give three ***** and a nickel.

 

[trains are bad]

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rock? Pot? Bottom? (Ro-)bot? Sod? Rod?

Nope. I'm talking about a plain short 'o' like in japanese お or maybe how Steve Irwin said the last vowel in 'bloody croc'. IPA [o̜ ̞]. American's pronunce 'rock' with an 'A' as in あ or argue, arm, etc. 'rak'. Not 'rok'. Americans probably sound sillily 'british' pronouncing 'rock' with an [o̜ ̞].

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Bollocks?

That might be the closest thing I can think of, actually. Good one. But then I've never heard an american prounce 'Bollocks' either.

 

[will75]

With a soft "I" as in "hIs".

 

[redshifter]

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Originally Posted by trains are bad /img/forum/go_quote.gif Nope. I'm talking about a plain short 'o' like in japanese お or maybe how Steve Irwin said the last vowel in 'bloody croc'. IPA [o̜ ̞]. American's pronunce 'rock' with an 'A' as in あ or argue, arm, etc. 'rak'. Not 'rok'. Americans probably sound sillily 'british' pronouncing 'rock' with an [o̜ ̞]. That might be the closest thing I can think of, actually. Good one. But then I've never heard an american prounce 'Bollocks' either.

Yeah maybe in Texas.

 

[XGJFilmsX]

^^^ I would have to agree, I have never heard anyone pronounce it rak. Wasn't rock an American creation anyways, so we get to name it whatever we want.