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    How do you pronounce "Inspiron" ?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by cool.aquarian, Jun 29, 2009.

  1. cool.aquarian

    cool.aquarian Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a dumb question..

    Is it

    In-Spy-Ron

    OR

    In-S-pee-Ron

    OR

    Some other way??

    :confused:
     
    cool.aquarian, Jun 29, 2009
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  2. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    The way I've always heard it on commercials is IN-spuh-ron.

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    The name is pronounced at around 17 seconds into it.
     
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  3. Koer

    Koer Notebook Deity

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    its In-Spy-Ron if you live in the UK, and its In-S-Pee-Ron if you live in the US :D
     
    Koer, Jun 29, 2009
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  4. lottdod_1999

    lottdod_1999 Notebook Evangelist

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    Odd that you'd pick two ways that aren't right.. not meaning that as an insult

    I've noticed a lot of people who have different ways of natively pronouncing things and tend to end up wrong. Maybe it was the school they went to etc? I don't know.

    Anyway it's

    in - spuh - ron
    inspirron
    inspurron
    kinda like that.
    No hard E sound for the spi part or Y
     
    lottdod_1999, Jun 29, 2009
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  5. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    I've never heard it pronounced either of those ways. It's always been In-spuh-ron, like in that commercial I posted.
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 29, 2009
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  6. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Inspiron..

    In-Spur-Run.

    That's my take. :p :D :rolleyes:


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Jun 29, 2009
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  7. cool.aquarian

    cool.aquarian Notebook Enthusiast

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    For both your information, I neither live in US, nor UK. :D
    And we dont have DELL Commercials on TV here. They are only on print media like Newspapers and Magazines.
     
    cool.aquarian, Jun 30, 2009
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  8. ScorpionSX

    ScorpionSX Notebook Geek

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    In-Spy-Ron - that's how it pronounced technican when I first called tech. support and I liked it, so I pronounce it same way :)
     
    ScorpionSX, Jun 30, 2009
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  9. neenee

    neenee Notebook Consultant

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    The commercial linked to says 'In-spee-ron' ;)
     
    neenee, Jun 30, 2009
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  10. lottdod_1999

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    um no it's pronounced inspuhron (or inspehron) in that commercial

    There are rules about pronunciation so it makes this kind of stuff easier..
     
    lottdod_1999, Jun 30, 2009
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  11. NiteWalker

    NiteWalker Notebook Evangelist

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    Got a kick out of that video.
    I pronounce it the way they did in the video.
     
    NiteWalker, Jun 30, 2009
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  12. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    In-spur-on.
     
    Matt is Pro, Jun 30, 2009
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