How Do You Pronounce ESO?

AoEnwyr

E S O (Each letter individually)

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Thormar wrote: »

It's an acronym like other acronyms - USA, IBM, FBI or CNN.
And so I treat it the same way.
Plus, every time I have watched them, ZOS staff, from Matt Firor down, treat it as such.

Yeah Gina gets triggered by "E SO"
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I get triggered by "E SO" Still I'm Aussie so I'd be up for calling it E.C.O. (I'll let you figure out what the C stands for)

xxthir13enxx

E S O (Each letter individually)

UlanX wrote: »

They are three separate words, so the first letter of each word gets pronounced - E.S.O. being an acronym of Elder Scrolls Online. If the actual name was Elderscrolls Online or Elder ScrollsOnline then maybe ES O or E SO would make sense

paulsimonps wrote: »

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Thormar wrote: »

It's an acronym like other acronyms - USA, IBM, FBI or CNN.
And so I treat it the same way.
Plus, every time I have watched them, ZOS staff, from Matt Firor down, treat it as such.

Do you also say Z-O-S?

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There is no Rule to this...we are lazy creatures and we just say things the easiest way we are comfortable with

MisterBigglesworth

E S O (Each letter individually)

I tend to err on the side of caution by saying the full words "Elder Scrolls Online" so I don't confuse my friends over at the European School of Oncology when discussing their Employee Stock Options.

VaranisArano

E S O (Each letter individually)

Eee- Ess-Oh, because it's an acronym. I'm American.

SPE825

E S O (Each letter individually)

It's an acronym, not a word.

Benemime

Other

I'm brazilian so I pronounce "êzoh" - "ê" is not like "ee", idk how to describe the pronunciation in english xD 'cause english "e" sounds like ours "i"(ee)

https://translate.google.com.br/#pt/en/eso click to hear xD

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xxthir13enxx

E S O (Each letter individually)

VaranisArano wrote: »

Eee- Ess-Oh, because it's an acronym. I'm American.

SPE825 wrote: »

It's an acronym, not a word.

Betcha both say Zauce....for ZOS

Reverb

E S O (Each letter individually)

American, West coast, pronounce each letter individually and with the E as long vowel.

“Eee ess oh”

Although if it had come to be known early on as The Elder Scrolls Online, with TESO as the acronym, I would pronounce it as a single word “teh-soh”

DanteYoda

E S O (Each letter individually)

Badly managed game.

FilteredRiddle

E S O (Each letter individually)

I say the letters individually; I have only rarely heard people say it as one word and I’ve never heard someone say “E SO”.

Rain_Greyraven

E S O (Each letter individually)

Since I loath acronyms I usually say Elder Scrolls Online.

I type it as E S O though.

pod88kk

Other

I pronounce it 'E S O 'but my family pronounce it as 'That stupid game your wasting your life on'. To which I reply 'Oh you silly sausages it's pronounced E S O not E SO

Bigevilpeter

Other

eso, just reading it as one word

rabidmyers

E S O (Each letter individually)

eso the best mmorpg

Varana

Other

Ehsoh, one word, German pronunciation.

If an acronym can be pronounced as a word, it's not uncommon that it's done that way. There's no hard rule for this.

BozzyTheDrummer

E S O (Each letter individually)

I'm from the U.S. I've always just said each letter individually.

Bhaal5

Other

"L" then "ag"

EvilAutoTech

E S O (Each letter individually)

Either individual letters or

My precious

Kiralyn2000

E S O (Each letter individually)

VaranisArano wrote: »

Eee- Ess-Oh, because it's an acronym. I'm American.

^
Yes, that.

AoEnwyr

E S O (Each letter individually)

xxthir13enxx wrote: »

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UlanX wrote: »

They are three separate words, so the first letter of each word gets pronounced - E.S.O. being an acronym of Elder Scrolls Online. If the actual name was Elderscrolls Online or Elder ScrollsOnline then maybe ES O or E SO would make sense

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paulsimonps wrote: »

Thormar wrote: »

It's an acronym like other acronyms - USA, IBM, FBI or CNN.
And so I treat it the same way.
Plus, every time I have watched them, ZOS staff, from Matt Firor down, treat it as such.

Do you also say Z-O-S?

^this

There is no Rule to this...we are lazy creatures and we just say things the easiest way we are comfortable with

No, I don't say either ZOS or Z.O.S as both sound daft, I prefer the full, formal name... and as for rules, that's what grammar is all about. There is very much a rule that applies to this, as this kind of "acronym" is called an "Initialism" and each initial is pronounced separately

xenowarrior92eb17_ESO

Other

LSO=Loading Screen Online

Chrysa1is

E SO (E followed by SO)

People that say E S O blatantly put milk in* their tea with the teabag.

Androconium

E S O (Each letter individually)

The man didn't have the right form....

ssorgatem

Other

UlanX wrote: »

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xxthir13enxx wrote: »

UlanX wrote: »

They are three separate words, so the first letter of each word gets pronounced - E.S.O. being an acronym of Elder Scrolls Online. If the actual name was Elderscrolls Online or Elder ScrollsOnline then maybe ES O or E SO would make sense

paulsimonps wrote: »

Thormar wrote: »

It's an acronym like other acronyms - USA, IBM, FBI or CNN.
And so I treat it the same way.
Plus, every time I have watched them, ZOS staff, from Matt Firor down, treat it as such.

Do you also say Z-O-S?

^this

There is no Rule to this...we are lazy creatures and we just say things the easiest way we are comfortable with

No, I don't say either ZOS or Z.O.S as both sound daft, I prefer the full, formal name... and as for rules, that's what grammar is all about. There is very much a rule that applies to this, as this kind of "acronym" is called an "Initialism" and each initial is pronounced separately

A rule?

So how do you pronounce LAN, WAN, RAM, BIOS, GIF...?

Varana

Other

UlanX wrote: »

There is very much a rule that applies to this, as this kind of "acronym" is called an "Initialism" and each initial is pronounced separately

But there is no rule what kind a certain abbreviation belongs to. There are some deliberate acronyms in the narrower sense (like Laser) but there are lots of abbreviations that fall into this category just by usage. NATO is a word, USA is an initialism. Why? Conventional usage. ROM (as in read-only memory) versus FAQ (for most people). There's no inherent reasoning behind this, it's arbitrary. And as FAQ shows (which is actually pronounced "fak" by some people), pronunciation doesn't even have to be uniform.

VagabondLife

E S O (Each letter individually)

ESO = Eee Ess Oh. I'm American.

My Colombian friends just call it "Elder." I assume that's because "eso" is already a word in Spanish.

ZOS = Zee Oh Ess. How else would you even pronounce that?

usmguy1234

Turelus wrote: »

Simple poll to see how everyone pronounces ESO.
Poll options are the two most common I've heard and included an other options for people who might use a mix or other ways.

I'm terrible with knowing how to type phenetically as well so hopefully these options make sense.

E-S.... wait can we get y'all to focus to get in the devs to fix the game? It's hella broke right now.

paulsimonps

E SO (E followed by SO)

usmguy1234 wrote: »

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Turelus wrote: »

Simple poll to see how everyone pronounces ESO.
Poll options are the two most common I've heard and included an other options for people who might use a mix or other ways.

I'm terrible with knowing how to type phenetically as well so hopefully these options make sense.

E-S.... wait can we get y'all to focus to get in the devs to fix the game? It's hella broke right now.

Yes, cause this thread is so captivating that the devs can't take their eyes of it to do their job, for shame OP for making just a dastardly thread. I can picture OP now:

usmguy1234

paulsimonps wrote: »

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usmguy1234 wrote: »

Turelus wrote: »

Simple poll to see how everyone pronounces ESO.
Poll options are the two most common I've heard and included an other options for people who might use a mix or other ways.

I'm terrible with knowing how to type phenetically as well so hopefully these options make sense.

E-S.... wait can we get y'all to focus to get in the devs to fix the game? It's hella broke right now.

Yes, cause this thread is so captivating that the devs can't take their eyes of it to do their job, for shame OP for making just a dastardly thread. I can picture OP now:

It was implied more to the rep. If you weren't so focused on your "brilliant" rebuttal, you'd probably have realised that.

SpearDusk

Other

"esoh" but sometimes "Eh-So" and sometimes E, S, O