Why are computers so unpronouncable?
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After hearing an ad for a computer on TV, I realized that PC names for some reason are ambiguous in their pronunciation? For Example: Acer - is it: (1) "EH" "SIR" or (2) "ACK" "ER" Asus - is it (1) "EH" "SUS" or (2) "AS" "US" ASRock - is it (1) "EH" "S" "ROCK" or (2) "AS" "ROCK" I think they are all (1). Does this apply only to computers starting with "A"? Inquirying minds want to know.
Maybe, if you're from Canada.
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Yup. Willy the Conqueror was French (Norman, actually, but close enough.) For about 400 years after the Conquest, the language of the royal court was French; this can be seen in in the different words used to describe something when it is alive (pig, cow, sheep, deer and flax are Anglo-Saxon words used by the peasants) and something used (pork, beef, mutton, venison and linen are all French words used by the aristocracy.) It was not until the War of the Roses and the rise of the Tudor dynasty in the early 15th century that English became the royal language. That changed to German with the Hanoveran dynasty and George I. He spoke only German, and while he and his son (the future George II) studied English, they were never fluent in it. George III could speak English passably, but never really learned to read or write it (it is said that when the US Declaration of Independence arrived, he had to have it read to him.) George IV (the Prince Regent to you Black Adder fans) was the first monarch in almost a hundred years who could speak, read and write English as his native tongue.
That explains a lot about how the UK screwed up the English language. Good thing we kept it alive in the Colonies! :-\
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I think you will find that the English upper class is actually German, not French...
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
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That explains a lot about how the UK screwed up the English language. Good thing we kept it alive in the Colonies! :-\
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Well, having a German twat on the throne was one of the reasons we lost the Americas! Did you kow that up until WW1 people in the UK were talking about taking the US back? I read it in a book by one of the Scott expedition team. WW1 and 2 were an absoloute disaster for the British Empire. It cost us prety much everything, and didnt do much for Germany either.
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I refer the honourable gentleman to Mr Delek's reply[^], which sums it up perfectly. I have been accepted as Second to Mr Dalek in the matter of a duel, and I must humbly ask for the name of your Second, so that matters may be arranged forthwith, to bring this to an honourable conclusion. I would be most grateful if your Second could contact me with alacrity, so that the necessary can be organised. Your humble servant, OriginalGriff.
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
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Potato, potato.
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Kartoffel, Kartoffel. Hmm... :suss:
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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After hearing an ad for a computer on TV, I realized that PC names for some reason are ambiguous in their pronunciation? For Example: Acer - is it: (1) "EH" "SIR" or (2) "ACK" "ER" Asus - is it (1) "EH" "SUS" or (2) "AS" "US" ASRock - is it (1) "EH" "S" "ROCK" or (2) "AS" "ROCK" I think they are all (1). Does this apply only to computers starting with "A"? Inquirying minds want to know.
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After hearing an ad for a computer on TV, I realized that PC names for some reason are ambiguous in their pronunciation? For Example: Acer - is it: (1) "EH" "SIR" or (2) "ACK" "ER" Asus - is it (1) "EH" "SUS" or (2) "AS" "US" ASRock - is it (1) "EH" "S" "ROCK" or (2) "AS" "ROCK" I think they are all (1). Does this apply only to computers starting with "A"? Inquirying minds want to know.
They use non-words as names to avoid conflicts with other trademarks and languages on a global scale. That's why Exxon isn't Esso anymore. Nobody knows how to pronounce non words, and there's isn't some sort of dictionary to look the pronunciation up in, so interpretations vary.
patbob
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Although to my dying day I will NEVER use Aluminum!
Same here but who knows, maybe the Yanks managed to remove one of the 9 isotopes and therefore had to rename it.
how the name changed after reading that, i know agree that the UK is spelling it correctly.
-Ed
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Elizabeth Alexandra Schlesweg-Holstein Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Battenberg, or as we know it, The Queen, is German? Mein Gott In Himmel! Where will it end?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Dalek Dave wrote:
Elizabeth Alexandra Schlesweg-Holstein Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Battenberg, or as we know it, The Queen, is German?
Aye, and married to Phil the Greek.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Although to my dying day I will NEVER use Aluminum!
If you lived over there you would have to or no one would know what you were talking about! The hardest one is water. If you ask for water with an English accent they don't have a clue: you have to draw it out, slowly with the emphasis on the 'a'. And they still don't know what a wanker is! :-)
me, me, me "The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!" Larry Niven
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I think you will find that the English upper class is actually German, not French...
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
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Elizabeth Alexandra Schlesweg-Holstein Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Battenberg, or as we know it, The Queen, is German? Mein Gott In Himmel! Where will it end?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
No, the Queen is English. Her family has some Germans in it. (Albert was the last actual German, the first was brought in to replace Anne). It also has Scots, French, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Greek... There's greek before Phil even. And Phil was prince of Greece and Denmark, due to his parents. And then there's Harry, who's probably Irish...
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Pistols at dawn
Do you require a second, sir?
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
Yes, call him sir twice. Sir sir. Now, back to Jay Leno.
