pronunciation question - gaim

[allentrace]

Uhm, it was *you* that made a reference to masturbation, you disgusting perv. I made a reference to kittens, as in "every time you page a sysadmin, God kills a kitten".

I took a poll, their are two acceptable pronunciations: "game" (rhymes with "lame") and GAY-im, not to be confused with anything cool and/or HighWiz related.

NSA is pronounced EN ESS AYY (like the Fonz) and we are the space people, NASA just manages infrastructure, logistics, delivery systems and emergency management.

I think a good rule of thumb would be if it is an acronym say the letters F-B-I, N-S-A however this is an exception not the rule....most Military acronyms are said as words not Letters but there are a few 3 letter exceptions.....So I guess I agree with everyone.

[TheCotMan]

I think a good rule of thumb would be if it is an acronym say the letters F-B-I, N-S-A however this is an exception not the rule....most Military acronyms are said as words not Letters but there are a few 3 letter exceptions.....So I guess I agree with everyone.

Some 3 letter acronym exceptions:
NIC, RAM, ROM, POP, GNU, PAM, REM, LAN, WAN, SAM, FUD, PIN, CAD, FAT, DAC, LUN, VAX, DOS, PIC, WAP, NOC, TCL (tickle), OLE (olay) ,ACL (ack-ull : not common)

At the moment I can only think of one two letter word that I've heard pronounced instead of spelled:
AP (Access Point)

[converge]

At the moment I can only think of one two letter word

CO, xv, OP ...

[Mata Hari]

Deviant-

You continue to inspire me on so many levels, hahaha! How about this one (a tad nostalgic, and always politically loaded)- how do you spell potato, Mr. Quayle? (For Allentrace, I'll use the Clinton Administration as an example- Remember Rwanda- "acts of genocide" do not constitute as genocide- check the phraseology hahahaha)- HEHEHEEHE!

Alright, kidding aside, here is the ultimate test- how do you pronounce Nevada- is it a) Neh-vah-dah (ah as in Halabja-hah-lahb-jah), or b) Ne-va-dah? (a short vowel as in orgasmic)

Everyone else, feel free to chime in.

[Mata Hari]

With regard to Giam, what if you took the phonetical perspective of the romance language (say, spanish) ,and apply it as something along the lines of gee-aye-ahm? Okay okay now Im getting too complicated, but it is a third option to maybe consider....

[klepto]

Gaim, the G is capitalized so I say it as 'g'-aim