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    how do you say Asus?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by compman91, Nov 28, 2007.

  1. compman91

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    how do you say Asus? is it like "ay-sis" or "ah-sis"?
     
    compman91, Nov 28, 2007
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    both incorrect
    I believe the correct pronounciation in the asian region is "ah-soos", but most North American's pronouce it as "ay-sis"..
     
    D3X, Nov 28, 2007
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    Long "A" like in ape and "Zeus" like the Greek god.

    I use to call them just by each letter like USA, A-S-U-S. That was fun when I first called there RMA line for a Mobo.
     
    RangerXML, Nov 28, 2007
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    Ah Seuss! Ah Soos!
     
    coriolis, Nov 28, 2007
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    Ah-seuss just flat out sounds dirty :p
     
    RangerXML, Nov 28, 2007
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    Well, i know in Hong Kong they call it "ay-sis" and i think i prefer it that way!
    I read some where that Asus got the name from "Pegasus", so naturally they may have wanted to be called "ah-seuss".
     
    David, Nov 28, 2007
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    Bless you! :p

    and from what I've heard, that is the proper way to pronounce it, although I always end up saying A-suhs
     
    djembe, Nov 28, 2007
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    Yeah... we've had this discussion before. I'm pretty sure the way it's SUPPOSED to be pronounced is "Ah-Soos"... but I say "Ay-sis"
     
    AuroraS, Nov 28, 2007
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    LOL this has been covered many times before.

    I'm with AuroraS on this one, I say "Ay-sis" as well.

    Whoever said it's supposed to be "Ah-Soos" is on crack in my opinion.
    :D
     
    Shampoo, Nov 29, 2007
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    When I called Asus North American tech support the guy who answered greeted me with: "Thank you for calling Ah-soos'"
     
    Robnelle, Nov 29, 2007
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    Sorry to break it to ya, but it's definately "Ah-Soos".

    <object width='425' height='355'><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PGx1B6C-DdA&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PGx1B6C-DdA&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width='425' height='355'></embed></object>
     
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    D3X, Nov 29, 2007
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    But I still prefer "Ay-sis" =D
     
    chipang, Nov 29, 2007
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    well first off its not a word. So theres not really a right way to say it

    It comes from PEG-ASUS

    that would be ahhh suss

    not AYE SOOS

    But, a chinese person might not be able to say ahh suss. they might say aye soos. So are they right? I mean its their company. Must be.
    They invented the word. It doesnt mean anything or stand for anything.

    It could be pronounced "gay midget porn"
     
    stamar, Jan 7, 2008
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    The damn President of the company says ah-soos, so that's the way I pronouce it.
     
    S60, Jan 7, 2008
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    Well neither is Inspiron or Vaio a word, nor does it stand for anything. It doesn't matter what kind of person pronounces it as whether it's right or wrong, it's "Ah-Soos" as the official commercial has pronouced it as.
     
    D3X, Jan 7, 2008
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    It's pronounced Ace suss
     
    dj045, Jan 8, 2008
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    Ah-zeus, in practice.

    A-suss in my mind.
     
    Relativity17, Jan 8, 2008
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    indeed , that's 100 % right
     
    geniusO2, Jan 8, 2008
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    Shouldn't we pronounce it the way the creators pronounce it? It's definitely ah-soos. Officially.
     
    freshmeat, Jan 9, 2008
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    Its pronounced "battery-life-wanted".







    ;)
     
    Redline, Jan 9, 2008
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    It is supposed to be pronounced Ay-suss (as in Pegasus, where the name came from)

    However bastardization by our horrible chinese accents has led the co. to be called "Ah soos" even by the employees and executives, so in the end it doesn't really matter what you call it.

    It is similar to the way almost everyone here in the states pronounces Porche as "porsh" when in reality it should be pronounced "por-shuh". Doesn't keep anyone from understanding what you mean, but interesting anyways.
     
    jtanwanteng, Jan 11, 2008
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