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 11/13/2007 11:42:33 PM · #1
How do you say this? ISO as in eye-so or as the individual letters?
 11/13/2007 11:43:45 PM · #2
I've always said I-S-O eyeso sounds funny to me.
 11/13/2007 11:52:53 PM · #3
I think it's always I-S-O
 11/14/2007 12:06:06 AM · #4
I usually say I-S-O aloud, but sometimes I say it "eye-so" in my head, when I'm in a hurry, or feeling extra lazy.
 11/14/2007 12:14:53 AM · #5
I've just about always heard it 'eye-so' and say it that way in my head. Takes me a minute to catch up when someone says I-S-O.
 11/14/2007 12:18:53 AM · #6
3 letters. Like FBI and MBA and KFC! :D
 11/14/2007 12:20:13 AM · #7
Any body know what it stands for? If its an acronym then probzbly I-S-O (which is my preference).
 11/14/2007 12:25:53 AM · #8
Originally posted by goinskiing:
Any body know what it stands for? If its an acronym then probzbly I-S-O (which is my preference).


International Organization for Standardization
 11/14/2007 12:34:48 AM · #9
eye-so for me, just to buck the trend :-)
 11/14/2007 12:35:42 AM · #10
'yea i proounce it as in "Eye-Sew"
 11/14/2007 01:06:19 AM · #11
"International Standards Organisation"

I hope so, otherwise I'd feel pretty daft if I'd been saying all along, "I shot this at International Standards Organisation 800", and the letters stand for something else.... ;-)
 11/14/2007 01:19:59 AM · #12
Originally posted by Pug-H:
"International Standards Organisation"

I hope so, otherwise I'd feel pretty daft if I'd been saying all along, "I shot this at International Standards Organisation 800", and the letters stand for something else.... ;-)


That's correct. Used to be ASA (for American Standards Association), but it went global.

R.
 11/14/2007 01:28:51 AM · #13
Eye-so.
And I'm an auditor in that world.

Remember, in these modern times, you can say "eye-sew" with confidence, but in the 'old film days', it was quirky to say "Ah-Saaah", so you said said, "A-S-A".

Nothing to see here. Move along and and go take some pictures now!

Cheers all. ;)
 11/14/2007 01:29:15 AM · #14
ISO has 157 member nations :-)

eyeso sounds like what the asian tourist called me the other day. 'Ey eyso, move out of my shot!
 11/14/2007 02:10:21 AM · #15
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

eyeso sounds like what the asian tourist called me the other day. 'Ey eyso, move out of my shot!


Good one. Too funny! :O
 11/14/2007 08:24:00 AM · #16
I-S-O, 3 letters. I've never heard it pronounced the other way.
 11/14/2007 08:26:20 AM · #17
It is pronounced eye-so

But you can say it either way you want.
 11/14/2007 08:51:18 AM · #18
I hear it both ways equal amounts of time.. so I swing both ways..

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 11/14/2007 10:18:52 AM · #19
Originally posted by Simms:
I hear it both ways equal amounts of time.. so I swing both ways..

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I wouldnt say that too loud, some folks might get the wrong idea about you.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.........

MattO

BTW I say I-S-O to stay on topic.

11/14/2007 11:13:37 AM · #20
I say I.S.O.

eyeso sounds funny to me! Although the more I read it in this thread, the more normal it is starting to sound. hmmmmmmmmm.
 11/14/2007 11:45:51 AM · #21
It's still A.S.A. in my head.
 11/14/2007 11:54:55 AM · #22
I.S.O.

Though even acronyms swing both ways: FBI, CIA, NSA, as opposed to NASA, LASER, and hybrids like NCWIT (N.C. wit) and the more cutesy types: DRCOG (Doctor Cog).

IMO, if it's three letters or less, the letters are enunciated separately. I.S.O. =)

ETA: The notable exception to the 3-or-less rule is file extensions. File extensions used to be limited to 3 characters, but the more common types are always referred to phonetically. I don't say individual letters for JPEG, JPG, GIF, RAW, DOC, TIF, ZIP, etc. Of course, the pronouncability overrides, as I do spell out PDF, PNG, and PSD.

Ok, I'm done now. =)

Message edited by author 2007-11-14 12:00:41.
 11/14/2007 11:57:07 AM · #23
I - S - O

three letters separately. I've never heard it any other way.
 11/14/2007 12:00:22 PM · #24
Okay if you're going to say I.S.O. Just say it real fast. Go ahead and say it now and see how it sounds. hahahahaha
 11/14/2007 12:06:10 PM · #25
Apparently ISO is not an acconym and according to the dictionary is pronounced: ahy-soh.

And to think I've been calling it the wrong name for all these years: the grain factor button!
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