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My usual method (others too I'd dare say judging by what I hear) is to say
acronyms as words rather than spelled out unless the resulting word sounds to be
nonsense or unpronounceable. So to me POV is pahv.
Bob
"Josh English" <eng### [at] spiritone com> wrote in message
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| I have always understood that "POV" was always spelled out. I've
| corrected people who have pronounced it as one word. I imagine that
| there are more common computing terms that are not pronounced as one
| word than those that are. We say "M-B" or "Megabyte" instead of "mib"
| but we do say "basic" instead of "beginners all-purose symbolic
| instruction code" or whatever it stands for.
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| > wondering after reading all these "Linux is pronounced..."
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| > How is "POV-Ray" officially pronounced? Is it "PAHV-ray"
| > (as I've always thought of it), "PEE-OH-VEE-ray", or
| > something else?
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| > Is there even an "official" pronunciation? Is this a
| > question for the Team?
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PEE-OH-VEE-ray!
PEE-OH-VEE-ray!
PEE-OH-VEE-ray!
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Mike
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"Bob Hughes" <omn### [at] hotmailcom?subject=PoV-News:> wrote in message
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> My usual method (others too I'd dare say judging by what I hear) is to say
> acronyms as words rather than spelled out unless the resulting word sounds
to be
> nonsense or unpronounceable. So to me POV is pahv.
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> Bob
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No way!!!
If you *can* pronounce it as one word, why would you pronounc it as
three letters?
It says POV, not P.O.V.
So it *is* pov, not p o v.
I have spoken...
ZK
Mike Weber wrote:
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> PEE-OH-VEE-ray!
> PEE-OH-VEE-ray!
> PEE-OH-VEE-ray!
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> "Bob Hughes" <omn### [at] hotmailcom?subject=PoV-News:> wrote in message
> news:38ce75ba@news.povray.org...
> > My usual method (others too I'd dare say judging by what I hear) is to say
> > acronyms as words rather than spelled out unless the resulting word sounds
> to be
> > nonsense or unpronounceable. So to me POV is pahv.
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Mike Weber wrote:
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> PEE-OH-VEE-ray
> PEE-OH-VEE-ray
> PEE-OH-VEE-ray
> PEE-OH-VEE-ray
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I don't think a 16 syllable pronunciation is going to take off ;^)
PoD.
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PoD wrote:
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> Mike Weber wrote:
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> > PEE-OH-VEE-ray
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> I don't think a 16 syllable pronunciation is going to take off ;^)
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> PoD.
That and he makes it sound like one of Ray's body waste removal functions.
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Only if its said very quickly!
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"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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> PoD wrote:
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> > Mike Weber wrote:
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> > > PEE-OH-VEE-ray
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> > I don't think a 16 syllable pronunciation is going to take off ;^)
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> > PoD.
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> That and he makes it sound like one of Ray's body waste removal functions.
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On 14 Mar 2000 08:45:53 -0500 ron### [at] povrayorg (Ron Parker) wrote:
>I don't think there is an "official" pronunciation; if there is, it wasn't told
>to me during the complex, excruciatingly painful, arcane, and humiliating
>initiation ritual.
That wooden paddle smarts a bunch, don't it! Good thing I was wearing
my Depends...
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 06:32:57 -0800 Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
>If your sanity is to prevail then you should represent it as P.O.V.-Ray.
>otherwise the single-syllable pronunciation will win out.
I wonder if someone would be willing to keep tally if we were to take
an informal vote in p.o-t, "How I think 'POV-Ray' should be pronounced".
We've basically got two camps: Pee-Oh-Vee Ray, or Pahv Ray. People
with any other pronunciation would have to contact Ross Perot to get a
signature drive going.
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Alan Kong wrote:
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> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 06:32:57 -0800 Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
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> >If your sanity is to prevail then you should represent it as P.O.V.-Ray.
> >otherwise the single-syllable pronunciation will win out.
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> I wonder if someone would be willing to keep tally if we were to take
> an informal vote in p.o-t, "How I think 'POV-Ray' should be pronounced".
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> We've basically got two camps: Pee-Oh-Vee Ray, or Pahv Ray. People
> with any other pronunciation would have to contact Ross Perot to get a
> signature drive going.
Not to throw too big a wrench into your proposal but I pronounce it
POV - rhymes with grove.
I don't care what the consensus is and will always say it that way.
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Ken wrote:
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> Not to throw too big a wrench into your proposal but I pronounce it
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> POV - rhymes with grove.
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> I don't care what the consensus is and will always say it that way.
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The dispute is made even more pointless by the fact that POV-users are a
multi-lingual bunch. The way I would pronounce P.O.V. differs considerably from
the way an Englishman would.
For the record, I prononce it as 'POV' and there can be very little disagreement
as to how this should sound in Estonian.
Margus
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