[tinwhiskers] Re: TechNet thread on correct pronunciation of RoHS
- From: Mordechai Kirshenbaum <mordechai_kir@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:30:40 -0700 (PDT)
Hi
Maybe they hope that "Rose" will replace lead
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From: Mark Vaughan <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [tinwhiskers] Re: TechNet thread on correct pronunciation of RoHS
In the UK we initially thought ROSS.
Also when visited by Gov't DTI people who offered questionable advice, their
pronunciation is also ROSS.
And on TV programs that have mentioned it they say ROSS.
Seems it become a four letter word.
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[mailto:tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Landman
Sent: 12 April 2008 14:52
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Subject: [tinwhiskers] TechNet thread on correct pronunciation of RoHS
This was passed to me by a friend who subscribes to TechNet. Too good not
to share....
-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 6:57 AM
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Subject: [TN] RoHS pronunciation
Hate to bring this up again, but the question as to how to pronounce RoHS is
being asked more and more by my colleagues.
RoHS = Rose? Ross? Ro-Haas?
Is there an agreed way to pronounce this? (Not referring to the colorful
ways some of you most definitely use when referring to this standard).
Regards,
Karl
Karl Hunsinger
Project Engineering
Flexible Circuits Inc.
215-343-2300 X5154
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Lots of responses, but my favorite is this one:
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:34:40 -0500
From: "Stadem, Richard D."
Subject: Re: RoHS pronunciation
I hate to say this, but I have noticed that it depends on who you ask.
People who stand to profit from RoHS, such as certain "learned scholars"
who are employees of solder companies, or at least get paid by them, and
employees of companies that sell RoHS-compliant green heel straps, etc.;
they pronounce it Rose.
This is because a rose by any other name is still a rose and smells like
green money.
Whereas, on the other hand, those people who know RoHS for what it is, a
poorly thought-out rationalization by a bunch of self-serving European
politicians, pronounce it Row-Hoss, as it brings to mind a row of hosses
doing what a row of hosses does best, which smells like something else
altogether.
Take it from a former Dakota Plains cowboy who has cleaned up after a lot of
horses, and is now trying to clean up after a bunch of asses.
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Amen Richard, AMEN!
Bob Landman, President
Senior Member, IEEE PES
H&L Instruments, LLC
www.hlinstruments.com
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