ASUS: How do you pronounce it?

When I first started hearing about this brand for PC components I was referred to it as "Ace-oos" and I still hear people say that. But then I also hear people say "ace-us".

So... Which one is it? "Ace-oos" or "Ace-us"?

 

always called it 'ace us'

 

Jesus.

No seriously, either Ey-zoos or Ah-soos.

 

Ahhhhh - like the sound the dentist wants you to make, except shorter... and Seus.. as in Dr.... That's how all the Taiwanese as Asus pronounce it.... but that also doesn't make it correct.

Ah-seus

There have been so many threads like this over the years that it should be in the FAQ.

 

Its A-Seus really - just the letter A followed by Seus like the Doctor, as you said. Trust me, I know some ppl at ATI who do conference calls with the company every week and they correct me every single time I say it wrong . ASUS sounds much cooler, at least to me, but the way the people at the company and those who talk to them over the phone pronounce it is as A-Seus.

Cat

 

Yeah, that's how I've always said it. It's a good idea to put it in the fact. Maybe I should have searched but I think we're making progress here.

 

ASUS was derived from the word Pegasus.

Therefore, it is pronounced Ehh-seus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus

But whatever, tomato, caramel. Who cares... Beauty of English language.

 

ah-seus...

ey-zoos is much more like a gay pronounciation

 

This is what I usually hear.

 

hmmm since I am Taiwanese and hear this a whole lot since they are from my country, it is pronounced "eh sos"

In Manderin, it is "hua suo" which is close to Asus.

 

But the full company name is Asustek...and if you read that, it's "ah-sus-tech"...but I pronounce it ay-soos.

 

well the wiki link has the pronounciation key so

 

I called Asus the other week and the girl picked up and said "A-sus" and the machine said " A-seus"

 

Somebody gotta post the link to the comercial like last time. It clears everything up.

 

I pronounce in Ah-soos.

But, as said before, it derived from "Pegasus", so I dunno.

We should ask the CEO.

 

Here is the comercial link...

http://event.asus.com/2006/nb/fullline/slim/tw/

after the intro, click on the "watch comercial" link
(it looks like the attached pic)

 

People in Taiwan call it "aesoose" because theyre english isnt very good and if they say "ase us" they get it confused with acer which is also a big brand in taiwan.

 

here is something like

"a suce"

 

Video didn't work

 

Should work fine for most people. Looks like a normal mpeg stream, not quite vcd because it is only 1000kbps. I use to hear it on TechTV as "Ey-soos" so I just followed how they said it. The Ah-soos definitely sounds Asian.

 

yea i always knew it was "ey-soos".....but i still call it "EH-SIS" or "EH-SUS" but more times than not I call it by the first of the two I listed. Just because Asus Taiwan doesn't = Asus NA.....they only have 1 year standard warranty here...so it's a more North Americanized version of the saying