Stovahkiin wrote: »

Do you also pronounce UFO as "oofo"?

I remember watching a "documentary" on UFOs and they kept pronouncing it as "you-foes", as if "you-eff-ohs" was too long and tiresome to pronounce already.

Stovahkiin wrote: »

Who the fork says "eeeso"?

Do you also pronounce brb as "burb"? Or UFO as "oofo"?

In German it is indeed "oofo".

When an acronym is easily pronouncable it is usually done. Pronounciation would differ from language to language though, so I'm not surprised not many English speakers would prefer E.S.O. to EEESO. I'd probably too, but in my native language I say something closer to EHZOH.

When there is an option in pronunciation of something I tend to go with what is closer to my second native language. Been bilingual since birth but that makes my choice of words sometimes a bit different from most. And I do use E.S.O too but there is no rhyme or reason why I swap between the too.

I used to play Star Trek Online a lot, S.T.O but I have never heard anyone ever call it S.T.O everyone I have ever talked to called it "sto", like it was a word of its own. So I guess I just did the same with this. World of Warcraft was never W.o.W after all, it was "wow". Some will say "IT HAS TO BE PRONOUNCED E.S.O ANYTHING ELSE IS WRONG!" but as long as we all know what we are talking about then who gives a F. I mean to be fair, English is one messed up language to begin with, and even English speakers can't decide on how to say everything, America, Britain...

iFord wrote: »

I should of put 'other' for people who say ee-soh and i guess some people might say 'elder scrolls online' when referring to it everytime.

I actually say "Elder Scrolls Online" when talking about it in normal conversation outside of the game, because most people I talk to IRL wouldn't know what the hell ESO stands for otherwise.

PlagueSD wrote: »

SO how do you pronounce FBI, or CIA, or NSA. ESO is an acronym, just like those. Saying it any other way than E-S-O is wrong.

learn2pronounce acronyms.

Listing a bunch of examples that are pronounced by saying each letter in no way means that all acronyms are pronounced that way. Why do people make arguments like that? That reasoning is as good as saying strawberries are red, raspberries are read, thinking fruit can be anything but red is wrong. Ugh.

SQL is regularly pronounced 'sequel'. ASCAP is regularly pronounced as a 2-syllable word.

DaveMoeDee wrote: »

PlagueSD wrote: »

SO how do you pronounce FBI, or CIA, or NSA. ESO is an acronym, just like those. Saying it any other way than E-S-O is wrong.

learn2pronounce acronyms.

Listing a bunch of examples that are pronounced by saying each letter in no way means that all acronyms are pronounced that way. Why do people make arguments like that? That reasoning is as good as saying strawberries are red, raspberries are read, thinking fruit can be anything but red is wrong. Ugh.

SQL is regularly pronounced 'sequel'. ASCAP is regularly pronounced as a 2-syllable word.

Different rules for different acronyms. I've never actually used SQL or ASCAP in conversation - I do know that ASPCA is generally pronounced "Aye Es Pee See Aye"; however NATO is usually referred to as "Nay Toh" rather than "En Aye Tee Oh". I'm not sure there is officially a right or wrong way to pronounce ESO.

Or is it technically supposed to be called TESO? That would only complicate matters further.

kamimark wrote: »

Eso is a single syllable, so obviously that. W.o.W. is Wow. But some are unpronounceable as acronyms, like Sword Art Online would be "Sa-oh"? S.A.O. is easier and clearer. The band Presidents of the United States of America is Pusa or Potusa, but They Might Be Giants is T.M.B.G.

ESO is actually two syllables, I believe.

starkerealm wrote: »

Reverb wrote: »

Might be the strangest poll here to-date.

I've seen some weirder ones, but none that survived moderation.

It's an unusual poll, but it's actually an interesting question. Perhaps ZOS can answer it for us.

Wait... is that "Zee Oh Es" or "Zose"? Or "Zawse"?

Actually, when I speak to others players, I say ehso (when speaking spanish) or tehso (when speaking french).
Elder Scrolls Online with the rest of the world.

I say eh-so

Though I usually say Elder Scrolls Online, or else nobody knows what I'm talking about.

This thread blew my mind.

Insomnia rex wrote: »

GreyWolf_79 wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

Reverb wrote: »

Might be the strangest poll here to-date.

I've seen some weirder ones, but none that survived moderation.

It's an unusual poll, but it's actually an interesting question. Perhaps ZOS can answer it for us.

Wait... is that "Zee Oh Es" or "Zose"? Or "Zawse"?

Tzozs

Ehso

Now go and replicate this thread in the german sub forum, think the poll would be reversed,

Maybe so. I don't speak German. American English is very different from German.

Can someone find me a fitting gif I could post in any pointless thread or poll like this?

I call it elder of scrolls and don't give a flying f about that. I am used to all "of" games like world of warcraft, league of legends, world of tanks....

TheRealPotoroo wrote: »

kamimark wrote: »

Eso is a single syllable, so obviously that. W.o.W. is Wow. But some are unpronounceable as acronyms, like Sword Art Online would be "Sa-oh"? S.A.O. is easier and clearer. The band Presidents of the United States of America is Pusa or Potusa, but They Might Be Giants is T.M.B.G.

It's pronounced "say-oh".

Wait... is that "say-oh" or "sow"?