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Title: Pronunciation
Post by: PauloAM on <07-15-18/2104:27>: I'm just curious and it doesn't have any importance. Also, english is not my native language. That said:

How do you guys pronounce "UCAS" ? Like "You See A ess" or "Yukas" ? ;D
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Overbyte on <07-15-18/2122:42>: I say "YU KASS"
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Stainless Steel Devil Rat on <07-15-18/2127:17>: Quote from: Overbyte on <07-15-18/2122:42>
I say "YU KASS"

I do as well, and never thought there was an alternative.

Although now that the OP mentions it... I kind of like "You See Aay Ess" because it feels like a natural successor to "You Ess Aay" as the UCAS is the successor to the USA.
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Kiirnodel on <07-15-18/2138:45>: I say it both ways depending on the context. Usually emphasizing each letter when I'm being "more official" and treating it like a word (yu-KASS) when speaking quickly and casually.
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: PauloAM on <07-15-18/2305:45>: Thanks for all the replies! This was bugging me for some time now, hahahah :P
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: PauloAM on <07-15-18/2310:49>: What about Focus' plural "Foci" ?

Is it "Fawcee"? "Fo-Ky" ?
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Stainless Steel Devil Rat on <07-15-18/2319:39>: The plural of "Foh-Kuss" is "Foh-Kye".
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Kiirnodel on <07-15-18/2330:46>: Well, that one isn't a made up word...
From dictionary.com: foci (fō′sī′, fō′kī′)
Both an "S" and a hard "K" sound are acceptable, but in either case it rhymes with "So High"
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Overbyte on <07-16-18/1353:34>: I say "Fo Sye". But yes, both "Fo Sye" and "Fo Kye" are standard (acceptable) pronunciations.
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Michael Chandra on <07-16-18/1429:27>: Quote from: Kiirnodel on <07-15-18/2330:46>
Well, that one isn't a made up word...
From dictionary.com: foci (fō′sī′, fō′kī′)
Both an "S" and a hard "K" sound are acceptable, but in either case it rhymes with "So High"
So foci high?
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: PauloAM on <07-16-18/2004:35>: Thanks for all the replies people!
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Lorebane24 on <07-16-18/2209:35>: Quote from: Stainless Steel Devil Rat on <07-15-18/2127:17>
Quote from: Overbyte on <07-15-18/2122:42>
I say "YU KASS"

I do as well, and never thought there was an alternative.

Although now that the OP mentions it... I kind of like "You See Aay Ess" because it feels like a natural successor to "You Ess Aay" as the UCAS is the successor to the USA.

As a red-blooded, natural-born citizen of the "See of Aay Ess," I am gravely offended.
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Skunkheart on <07-19-18/0327:29>: Who kass? Me kass? No, YOU kass!

Also, I'm a weirdo ~ I pronounce "foci" FOE-kee. But that's just cuz I have a degree in Latin and so I pronounce things weird and classically
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Beta on <07-19-18/0959:21>: I'd always said it you-kass, but I think I finally figured out why. Up here, we often refer to our southern neighbor as the 'you-ess' and 'you-cass' has a similar sound and rhythm to it.
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Sphinx on <07-19-18/1259:46>: I always spell it out, You-See-Aay-Ess.
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Tecumseh on <07-19-18/2201:15>: I spell it out and say U-C-A-S.

I say "Kass" for the CAS. I figured that the northerners wouldn't want to say "You-Kass" because it would sound too similar to their southern neighbors. Of course, if you say C-A-S then the opposite logic would apply.

And I say "FO ki" with a hard c.
Title: Re: Pronunciation
Post by: Chalkarts on <09-11-18/0704:31>: I spell it out,
Like USA, I don’t say Yoosa, just the letters.