Hi,
I'm not a native English speaker, hence sometimes I'm in doubts how to pronounce an english acronym properly.
How do you say WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)?
Thanks.
the P part was funny :P
Learner
2009-09-19 17:21:59
You're easily amused.
duffymo
2009-09-19 17:24:57
ya..i don't prefer complexities in amusement :)
Learner
2009-09-19 17:27:17
It's spelled "yeah." What's the deal with all these people who don't know how to spell yeah anymore? Are we so lazy with our crackberries that we've given up on spelling the simplest of words?
Robert Harvey
2009-09-19 17:35:02
Ya is something that Borat would say.
Robert Harvey
2009-09-19 17:35:34
People call that as sms English..or something like that...What's the problem in typing it short if the person in concern understands my message....Although this sort of English(??) is disastrous in applications :)
Learner
2009-09-19 17:40:50
I mean to say job applications
Learner
2009-09-19 17:41:30
+1
A:
Not everything that appears on a computer screen is meant to be pronounced. I say the letters individually (W - P - F), or speak it out (Windows Presentation Foundation).
Seth
2009-09-19 17:15:56
+2
A:
win-(ˌ)dōz prē-ˌzen-ˈtā-shən fau̇n-ˈdā-shən
If you need the audio, look up Window, Presentation, and Foundation on Merriam Webster Online, an click the audio links for each of the words.
Robert Harvey
2009-09-19 17:19:40
the question was about how to pronounce the abbreviation, not the full name...
Thomas Levesque
2009-09-20 16:10:40
+1
A:
It's a three letter abbreviation (like S.O.S.) not an acronym (like RADAR).
As an aside I think SQL should be S-Q-L not Sequal (or Sequel), but if I tried to correct every body I'd get precisely nowhere.
ChrisF
2009-09-19 17:19:47
I believe the "official" pronunciation is actually S-Q-L. Certainly, that's how I say it.
Noldorin
2009-09-19 17:24:33
I always used to say S-Q-L, but the first time I heard someone just call it sequel, I was like "whoa...that's so much easier!" And I've never looked back.
Carson Myers
2009-09-19 17:25:41
The first time I heard some body saying Sequel for SQL, I didn't understand it..I had to ask what it meant.
Naveen
2009-09-19 17:27:38
@Naveen - I think I did a double take too the first time I heard it. I'd been away from databases for a while so I hadn't kept up with the changes in terminology etc.
ChrisF
2009-09-19 17:37:36
@Lee B: +1 for you! Haha... My teacher in RDBMS class quizzed us during our first lesson years ago, asking how else SQL could be pronounced. He hinted that we could try reading the letters as a word and my first thought was 'Squirrel' as well. Got a little disappointed when he said it was instead the boring ol' 'Sequel'.
Darkwoof
2009-10-05 09:19:43
+2
A:
I say it as ˈdʌbjə 'piː 'ɛf, which I'm pretty sure is how it's intended to be spoken. (That's effectively dub-yu pee eff, in a slightly more readable form).
Noldorin
2009-09-19 17:22:15
C-tic-tac-toe actually. And why the downvote? It's a valid suggestion :) I _did_ say "if you want."
Carson Myers
2009-09-19 17:33:55