[rollei_list] Re: ASA

The National Institute for Standard and Technology ... I call it N.I.S.T.
whereas many others call it "Nist".
This is similar to how you pronounce "either", "neither", "potatoes",
"tomatoes" ... etc.

Is it that important?

Raid

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Ferdi Stutterheim
<fstutterheim@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I still say Asa not A.S.A. English is not my first language either. Must be
> a foreign thing. On the other hand when purchasing motor oil we checked the
> SAE number and pronounced it S.A.E. When buying film in the Sixties and
> Seventies we asked for 21 DIN, pronounced Din never D.I.N.
>
> Ferdi Stutterheim.
> Drachten, Netherlands.
>
> Op 19-feb-2010, om 2:23 heeft Elias Roustom het volgende geschreven:
>
> My dad who came to English as a third language used to say A. S. A. as a
>> word: Asa (Aza).
>> It always made people smile, especially once they figured out what he was
>> talking about.
>> Once I figured it out, I started saying A. S. A. like everyone else. I
>> mark the beginning of my adolescence as that time.
>> A good memory of me and my dad, and as with most of them, a camera was
>> involved.
>>
>> Elias
>>
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