Pronounciation trouble in this fucking bidness - GoFuckYourself.com

01-20-2003, 11:49 PM

Ok, let's clear it up, once and for all. Lane and I are currently discussing this issue and I want you guys to join in.

Number1:

ISPRIME

pronounced

IS-PRIME, I-S-PRIME, I.S.P.-Rime? Fuck.

Number2:

NICHE

pronounced

NEE-CHE, NITSH, NEESHE? Fuck.

Number3:

EPOCH

pronounced

EPIC, EEPOC, EEPOCH?

Number4:

Like Whoa

pronounced

LIKE WOU, LIKE WOUA?

I'm lost. Will any of the English native speakers please educate me?

NetRodent · 01-20-2003, 11:53 PM

Don't forget Epassporte...

asuna · 01-20-2003, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Equinox
Ok, let's clear it up, once and for all. Lane and I are currently discussing this issue and I want you guys to join in.

Number1:

ISPRIME

pronounced

I-S-PRIME

Number2:

NICHE

pronounced

NEE-CHE

Number3:

EPOCH

pronounced

ee pock like apoc in the matrix
Number4:

Like Whoa

pronounced

LIKE WOUA?

I'm lost. Will any of the English native speakers please educate me?

there

EDIT
neeeeeeeesh

DrewKole · 01-20-2003, 11:53 PM

Niche - Neesh

Epoch - The true pron. is E-Pock, most people in this biz pronounce it Epic

Likewhoa - From that rap song... Like Woooooooah

mpegposter · 01-20-2003, 11:54 PM

Epoch has two possible pronunciations, one like 'epic' and one like 'eepock'.

IS Prime would be the common pronunciation since one word is contained in the acronym (if that's what it is). English speakers seek out words and sounds they recognize in things that do not appear familiar to them as a whole. There are a ton of examples
I'm blanking on right now. You could probably find some German words that became Americanized into horrible translations.

Niche is French, pronouced 'neesh' as you mentioned. Most people say it 'nitch' even foreign webmasters I have talked to, which amuses me.

Like whoa is from a rap song, 'whoa' being pronounced just like you'd say it if you saw some beheading videos on GFY.

421Fill · 01-20-2003, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Equinox
Ok, let's clear it up, once and for all. Lane and I are currently discussing this issue and I want you guys to join in.

Number1:

ISPRIME

pronounced

I-S-PRIME

Number2:

NICHE

pronounced

NI-CHE

Number3:

EPOCH

pronounced

EEPOC

Number4:

Like Whoa

pronounced

LIKE WO

I'm lost. Will any of the English native speakers please educate me?

01-20-2003, 11:57 PM

Is it

EE-kweenoks or Ekweenoks?

See, I don't even know how to pronounce my own fucking nick no more.

pixelminx · 01-20-2003, 11:57 PM

NICHE = Nitch

EPOCH = Eh-pock

Like Whoa = Like Wou

NetRodent · 01-20-2003, 11:59 PM

Equinox = E Kwu In Ox

421Fill · 01-21-2003, 12:02 AM

http://www.dictionary.com

01-21-2003, 12:03 AM

Sweeeet - The Spicy Gurls.

Rocky · 01-21-2003, 12:33 AM

RELEASE

as in rah leese

THE

thu

FLYING

fly ing

PEDES

as in peeeeedes (i pede my pants)

say it with me

RELEASE THE FLYING PEDES

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01-21-2003, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rocky
RELEASE

as in rah leese

THE

thu

FLYING

fly ing

PEDES

as in peeeeedes (i pede my pants)

say it with me

RELEASE THE PEDES

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<param name=quality value=high>
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LOL, you're such a fruit.

pixelminx · 01-21-2003, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Equinox
Sweeeet - The Spicy Gurls.

She's a little Japanese girlie, and the dance she's doing is very famous in Japan, called Para-Para.

Rocky · 01-21-2003, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Equinox

LOL, you're such a fruit.

a BANANA?

pronounced

baaa naaa naaa (goat food)

a RASPBERRY?

pronounced

rasp berry (kind of like a hale berry, but doesn't taste as good)

or an ORANGE?

pronounced

ore ange

01-21-2003, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rocky

a BANANA?

pronounced

baaa naaa naaa (goat food)

a RASPBERRY?

pronounced

rasp berry (kind of like a hale berry, but doesn't taste as good)

or an ORANGE?

pronounced

ore ange

freeadultcontent · 01-21-2003, 12:43 AM

ISPRIME: Eye S Prime

NICHE: Nish yet some find it acceptable for Nitch

EPOCH: EE Pock

Like Whoa: Like Woh

pixelminx · 01-21-2003, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Equinox
[B]Sweeeet - The Spicy Gurls.

And here is...

...the boy!

KRL · 01-21-2003, 01:25 AM

Wow, you can even get online education courses at GFY. Heck, maybe now I can finish college. hehehe

UnseenWorld · 01-21-2003, 01:27 AM

One of the most frequently abused words on this board is "beastiality." No such word exists (check for yourself over on http://www.Merriam-Webster.com).

The actual word is "bestiality."

Pornwolf · 01-21-2003, 01:31 AM

I haven't been to Japan in a while so I haven't seen this yet but I'll tell you this, if I walk onto a dancefloor and see anyone doing this I will never make it back to the US because I WILL DIE LAUGHING! haha

Sarah_Jayne · 01-21-2003, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by UnseenWorld

The actual word is "bestiality."

Amen! Thank you.

and it is Neesh...nitch gets on my nerves.

RedShoe · 01-21-2003, 02:59 AM

EQUINOX - eh KWEE nocks

[Labret] - luh BRAY (I just found that out recently)

Epoch - EE Pock

CCBill - See See Bill

Titmowse - TIT moUse

Tanker - Thank her

Dank - Dan Churchill (aka my alter ego)

Exxxotica - Eggs AH ticka

Boneprone - homo

Jakke PNG · 01-21-2003, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by überghey

That's like so gay.

ADL Colin · 01-21-2003, 04:02 AM

This is my favorite thread in quite a while ;-)

phogirl69 · 01-21-2003, 04:48 AM

How do u pronounce "mpeg"?

Is it spelled out like M-P-E-G? , or em-peg, or is it
me-peg???

And what about jpeg? Jay-peg ??

rbrruss · 01-21-2003, 05:46 AM

NICHE:
In Canada, it rhymes with quiche.
In the US, it rhymes with itch.

JimW · 01-21-2003, 09:11 AM

Here's another one....haha

SIC Cash is S. (pause) I. (pause) C. (pause) Cash

not "sick" cash.

Jak · 01-21-2003, 09:26 AM

What about "TGP"? That one always stumps me.

Jak

Zebra · 01-21-2003, 09:29 AM

For .GIF do you say:

JIFF like the peanut butter or phoenetically like GIFF?

Sarah_Jayne · 01-21-2003, 09:32 AM

Tee Gee Pee

Sarah_Jayne · 01-21-2003, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zebra
For .GIF do you say:

JIFF like the peanut butter or phoenetically like GIFF?

I say Jiff, like the peanut butter. My husband says it like Gift with out the 't'

Jak · 01-21-2003, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sarah_webinc
Tee Gee Pee

Lol I was just kidding Sarah.

And the official pronuciation of GIF is "jiff" - http://www.andrewsworld.com/rant-gif-text.html

Jak

drops · 01-21-2003, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JimW
Here's another one....haha

SIC Cash is S. (pause) I. (pause) C. (pause) Cash

not "sick" cash.

lol.. i always call is "sick" cash

magnatique · 01-21-2003, 10:54 AM

when you call the office at epoch, they say EPIC I believe...

as eh-peck

gothweb · 01-21-2003, 10:59 AM

Words have pretty standard pronunciation. However, if it is the name of a company or product, I guess the correct answer is whatever the creator/owner says.

I would say, of the ones that don't belong to someone, that...

Niche = "nish" (unless you're french)

These three sortof each belong to someone, but I think they go like this...

GIF = "giff" (not "jiff")
JPG/JPEG = "JAY-peg"
MPG/MPEG = "EM-peg"

magnatique · 01-21-2003, 11:04 AM

yeah, niche is not nish... it comes from french, should be a soft ch...

as in nee shhhhhh

twistyneck · 01-21-2003, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gothweb

GIF = "giff" (not "jiff")

Nope, it's pronounced "jiff." I had a teacher that said "jiff" all the time and it drove me crazy because I say "gif" as in gift. Finally I couldn't take it anymore and looked it up. I found a quote from the dude that invented (or helped invent) that particular format and he said it was pronounced "jiff." I think it sounds gay that way though.

gothweb · 01-21-2003, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by magnatique
yeah, niche is not nish... it comes from french, should be a soft ch...

as in nee shhhhhh

I speak a little french, and I've always hated hearing Americans murder french words. However, some words become assimilated into English, and the original pronunciation loves relevance. The "i" in niche is pronounced like short-i in Engligh, not the french "i" that sounds like English long-e.

gothweb · 01-21-2003, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by twistyneck

Nope, it's pronounced "jiff." I had a teacher that said "jiff" all the time and it drove me crazy because I say "gif" as in gift. Finally I couldn't take it anymore and looked it up. I found a quote from the dude that invented (or helped invent) that particular format and he said it was pronounced "jiff." I think it sounds gay that way though.

Yeah, I gather that the compuserve people (or whoever started the format) galled it a Jiff. However, words do change, and a lot of common usage has gone on to push in the direction of "giff".

01-21-2003, 11:09 AM

Having background in German I've always pronounced Niche like

nee-sh-e

A little like Philosopher Nietzsche.

DrGuile · 01-21-2003, 11:10 AM

EPOCH people always say "hay-pick"

Niche is Niche for fuck sake,

jay-peg
em-peg
like wo-a

Babaganoosh · 01-21-2003, 11:17 AM

Pronunciation is Pro-none-see-eh-shun, not pro-noun-see-eh-shun.

goBigtime · 01-21-2003, 11:23 AM

Turbo: Bwhahahaha look at em!
Ozone: Ya... damn - whats it like 2003 now?

Quote:

Originally posted by Pornwolf

goBigtime · 01-21-2003, 11:25 AM

The girl is kind of cool tho pix

But the boy reminds me of breakin'

UnseenWorld · 01-21-2003, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gothweb
Words have pretty standard pronunciation. However, if it is the name of a company or product, I guess the correct answer is whatever the creator/owner says.

I would say, of the ones that don't belong to someone, that...

Niche = "nish" (unless you're french)

These three sortof each belong to someone, but I think they go like this...

GIF = "giff" (not "jiff")
JPG/JPEG = "JAY-peg"
MPG/MPEG = "EM-peg"

I say, pronounce foreign words the foreign way, so I say "neesh" for "niche." Our soft "i" sound, (the one you find in "is," "in," "fix," and so on) hardly exists outside English). In most languages, "i" sounds more lick the English "ee."

English speakers seem to have an inherent fear of foreign phonetics so words tend to get "Americanized" or "Anglicized."

Wenchy · 01-21-2003, 11:53 AM

What the hell... I'll take a stab at this (only because I a similar conversation with my 13-year-old son the other week)

Niche - I studied French in high school, so I started out saying "neesh". However, I've been trained out of it in speaking with other webmasters. Nowadays it sounds more like "bitch" or "rich".
MPEG - Em-peg
JPEG - Jay-peg
GIF - like "gift" without the "t" on the end (The hard "g" here makes it easier to differentiate between the pic types in conversation)
ISPrime - eye ess prime
Epoch - like epic (what the hell is an EE-pock anyway? LOL)
Equinox - I've always said "EE-qui-nox"; forgive me if I've mispronounced you

Like Whoa - "like woe"

01-20-2003, 11:49 PM	#1
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	Pronounciation trouble in this fucking bidness Ok, let's clear it up, once and for all. Lane and I are currently discussing this issue and I want you guys to join in. Number1: ISPRIME pronounced IS-PRIME, I-S-PRIME, I.S.P.-Rime? Fuck. Number2: NICHE pronounced NEE-CHE, NITSH, NEESHE? Fuck. Number3: EPOCH pronounced EPIC, EEPOC, EEPOCH? Number4: Like Whoa pronounced LIKE WOU, LIKE WOUA? I'm lost. Will any of the English native speakers please educate me?

01-20-2003, 11:53 PM	#2
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01-20-2003, 11:54 PM	#5
mpegposter Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Tri-State Posts: 483	Epoch has two possible pronunciations, one like 'epic' and one like 'eepock'. IS Prime would be the common pronunciation since one word is contained in the acronym (if that's what it is). English speakers seek out words and sounds they recognize in things that do not appear familiar to them as a whole. There are a ton of examples I'm blanking on right now. You could probably find some German words that became Americanized into horrible translations. Niche is French, pronouced 'neesh' as you mentioned. Most people say it 'nitch' even foreign webmasters I have talked to, which amuses me. Like whoa is from a rap song, 'whoa' being pronounced just like you'd say it if you saw some beheading videos on GFY. __________________ The voice of the Moral Minority. New Sponsor Converting Like Hell!

01-20-2003, 11:57 PM	#8
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01-20-2003, 11:59 PM	#9
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01-20-2003, 11:53 PM	#4
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01-21-2003, 12:02 AM	#10
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01-21-2003, 12:03 AM	#11
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01-21-2003, 12:33 AM	#12
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01-21-2003, 12:43 AM	#17
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01-21-2003, 01:27 AM	#20
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01-21-2003, 04:48 AM	#26
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01-21-2003, 09:11 AM	#28
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01-21-2003, 09:26 AM	#29
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01-21-2003, 09:29 AM	#30
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01-21-2003, 11:09 AM	#41
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	Having background in German I've always pronounced Niche like nee-sh-e A little like Philosopher Nietzsche.

01-21-2003, 11:10 AM	#42
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01-21-2003, 11:53 AM	#47
Wenchy Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mile High City Posts: 231	What the hell... I'll take a stab at this (only because I a similar conversation with my 13-year-old son the other week) Niche - I studied French in high school, so I started out saying "neesh". However, I've been trained out of it in speaking with other webmasters. Nowadays it sounds more like "bitch" or "rich". MPEG - Em-peg JPEG - Jay-peg GIF - like "gift" without the "t" on the end (The hard "g" here makes it easier to differentiate between the pic types in conversation) ISPrime - eye ess prime Epoch - like epic (what the hell is an EE-pock anyway? LOL) Equinox - I've always said "EE-qui-nox"; forgive me if I've mispronounced you Like Whoa - "like woe" __________________ <br><a href="http://refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/clicks.cgi?CA=920346-0000&PA=581865&HTML=http://www.1000facials.com/webmasters/" target="_blank"><b>Looking for Amateur Reality Sites?<br><img src="http://banner.1000facials.com/1000facials_120x60_01.gif"><br>One Man... One Camera... One Mission<br></b></a>