How do you pronounce PC companies that has acronyms?

[Totally Average Gameplay]

My friends (or people in general) say brands or logos as they are. But what will happen if everyone says instead of acronyms, they say the word that it forms.

Comment on your favorite brands and say it as a word

 

Like E V G A, I could say it as Evga

Or PNY, as Pony, Penny... or my personal favorite... Peeny

[jiyeon]

I pronounce EVGA as in, Ee-Vee-Jee-Ayy, because that's what everyone else says and it makes the most sense after digging around the internet and finding out that it used to stand for 'Extended Video Graphics Array'.

 

Generally for any block capitals company, I just pronounce it the way the block capitals are formed.

 

PNY = Pee-En-Why

NZXT = En-Zee-Ex-Tee

 

I've heard NZXT's name is based off the word 'Next' but I've heard nobody say that ever.

[Princess Luna]

10 hours ago, Totally Average Gameplay said:

PNY, as Pony,

I'm okay with this.

[CookieSmasherGus]

AMD would be "Am-duh" or just "am" with a d on the end. 

[Automobili3XF]

Just the letters, usually localised to portuguese.

For example:

AMD: Ah-Eme-Dê

EVGA: Eh-Vê-Gê-Ah

IBM: Ih-Bê-Eme

[Guest]

EVGA

”Da computa Company dat makes da grāfix caads.”

 

PNY

”da computa company dat makes da flaaash drive I got in my computa” 

[Feranoks]

I think the tech world in general could benefit from less acronyms... and X's

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

19 hours ago, seoz said:

Generally for any block capitals company, I just pronounce it the way the block capitals are formed.

interesting~

[XR6]

I pronounce acronyms the same way that @seoz does, except for Asus which I pronounce either as A-sus or A-soos.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

interesting~

Giga bitem 

[jiyeon]

2 hours ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

interesting~

I totally love my Gee-Aye-Gee-Ayy-Bee-Why-Tee-Ee Wi-Fi card on my Ayy-Es-Yoo-Es motherboard.

[duncannah]

you're meant to pronounce them letter by letter -- they're acronyms after all.

[Totally Average Gameplay]

1 hour ago, duncannah said:

you're meant to pronounce them letter by letter -- they're acronyms after all.

Yeah, I meant that one.

[Guest]

EVGA

”E, V, G, Hay”

 

ASUS

”Assus”

 

HP

” haich-pee”

 

Razer

”shit”

[Andreas Lilja]

In French / Quebecois, no joke. 

 

Except Asus maybe because in Québec French it sounds literally like "she sucks [dick]" 

 

Depends of the audience but saying it in English is a bit pretentious. 

 

 

 

 

[aezakmi]

AMD = EY MM D

EVGA = EVIEJEEA

PNY = PNWHY

NZXT = overpriced bullshit

[Dash Lambda]

On 4/30/2019 at 6:52 AM, duncannah said:

You're meant to pronounce them letter by letter -- they're acronyms after all.

Actually, you're supposed to pronounce an acronym as a word, like ASUS.

An initialization is supposed to be pronounced letter-by-letter, like EVGA.

 

A lot of the acronyms nowadays are backronyms, which is when they start with the final word and find the descriptive phrase from there. I'm almost certain RAID is an example of that.

[zassou]

pronounce them as tech youtubes do.

[dalekphalm]

On 4/30/2019 at 10:54 PM, floofer said:

EVGA

”E, V, G, Hay”

 

ASUS

”Assus”

 

HP

” haich-pee”

 

Razer

”shit”

I'm curious as to why you add the "H" sound to the A for EVGA?

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

I'm curious as to why you add the "H" sound to the A for EVGA?

It’s how you pronounce it.

[dalekphalm]

9 minutes ago, floofer said:

It’s how you pronounce it.

Just to clarify: You say "Eee Vee Gee Hay"?

 

Not "Eee Vee Gee Aye"?

[Guest]

2 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Just to clarify: You say "Eee Vee Gee Hay"?

 

Not "Eee Vee Gee Aye"?

It’s the accent. We’re a British Colony, not a Australian Colony. 

[Guest]

On 5/1/2019 at 3:10 PM, aezakmi said:

AMD = EY MM D

EVGA = EVIEJEEA

PNY = PNWHY

NZXT = overpriced bullshit

I actually really love NZXT. Best cause I ever bought, and didn’t cost too much ( I got the 210 or whatnot). Shame to have sold it.

[dalekphalm]

12 minutes ago, floofer said:

It’s the accent. We’re a British Colony, not a Australian Colony. 

Ahh I see, this is an accent thing. Why would you mention Australia, though? I'm not Australian, and as such, have limited knowledge on how they would pronounce things.

 

Here in North America, the "A" in EVGA would be pronounced "Aye" - basically "Hay" without the H, or "Bay" without the B. Though regional dialects (particularly stronger ones, like southern US) will have variations on that, possibly.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Ahh I see, this is an accent thing. Why would you mention Australia, though? I'm not Australian, and as such, have limited knowledge on how they would pronounce things.

They tend to have a higher pitch. The NZ accent is more the front of the mouth, and we roll our r’s. (Not as front as British or American, but more so than Australian) While Australian accent is at the back of the throat. It’s pretty similar sounding though. The result is a higher and lower pitch for Australian.

2 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Here in North America, the "A" in EVGA would be pronounced "Aye" - basically "Hay" without the H, or "Bay" without the B. Though regional dialects (particularly stronger ones, like southern US) will have variations on that, possibly.

Very interesting.