How to pronounce ASUS, Eee PC

Peter G. 7 Nov, 2007 at 9:13pm ET Article published in Tech

Comments

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   8 Nov 2007 ~ 8:59am primesuspect I hate it. It doesn't sound right. It sounds like "asses"?
   
   Everybody I've ever heard say it says the first A long, as in "Date"
   
   I've heard the "u" both ways, but the first A is always long.
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   8 Nov 2007 ~ 9:04am GHoosdum I agree.
3. 
   8 Nov 2007 ~ 10:34am CB I heard some reps at an event pronounce it like the Hispanic 'Jesus'.
   
   It bothered me, and I decided that if that was the right way to pronounce it, I'd rather be wrong.
4. 
   8 Nov 2007 ~ 10:41am primesuspect "aces"?
5. 
   8 Nov 2007 ~ 10:58am Ryder Ay-soos, but I do not pronounce it that way.
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   8 Nov 2007 ~ 11:24am primesuspect Yeah, but they're saying "asses" as in " I AM THE MAN OF A THOUSAND ASSES "
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   8 Nov 2007 ~ 12:05pm Winfrey I say Ay-Sous as well ryder, and I aint changing mah ways!
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   8 Nov 2007 ~ 4:13pm Thrax I say "Ay-suss."
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   8 Nov 2007 ~ 4:50pm primesuspect

   Thrax wrote:

   I say "Ay-suss."

   
   same here. Must be the michigan accent
10. 
    8 Nov 2007 ~ 5:03pm Sledgehammer70 the company is not American of course we hate the way they say it....
11. 
    8 Nov 2007 ~ 5:08pm BuddyJ It's not our fault they say it wrong.
12. 
    8 Nov 2007 ~ 5:30pm airbornflght

    Buddy Jesus wrote:

    It's not our fault they say it wrong.

    
    exactyle. I say long Ā∙sus (as in suspect)
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    8 Nov 2007 ~ 7:47pm csimon

    primesuspect wrote:

    Yeah, but they're saying "asses" as in " I AM THE MAN OF A THOUSAND ASSES "

    
    I say Ace-us.
14. 
    8 Nov 2007 ~ 8:18pm BlackHawk

    John McClane: Thanks a lot, Jesus.
    Zeus: Why the hell do you keep calling me Jesus? Do I look Puerto Rican to you?
    John McClane: That guy back there, he called you Jesus.
    Zeus: No, he didn't, he said "Hey, Zeus." My name is Zeus.
    John McClane: Zeus?
    Zeus: Yeah, Zeus. You know, Mount Olympus, father of Apollo, don't f**k with me or I'll shove a lightning bolt up your ass, Zeus! You got a problem with that?