Pronunciation...

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How do you pronounce the word "CompTIA"? icon_redface.gif
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  • sprkymrksprkymrk Member Posts: 4,884 ■■■□□□□□□□
    By moving your lips.... icon_lol.gif

    I always say COMP-tee-uh.
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  • eurotrasheurotrash Member Posts: 817
    So do I...but is that the official pronunciation?
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  • Go BucksGo Bucks Member Posts: 152
    I go with "Comp- T-I-A".
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  • jpeezy55jpeezy55 Member Posts: 255
    Every time I have heard it spoken, it was always "COMP-tee-a" with the emphasis on the COMP...

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  • eurotrasheurotrash Member Posts: 817
    Cuz I don't like being wrong! :D
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  • bighornsheepbighornsheep Member Posts: 1,506
    I am pretty they say COMP-tee-err instead of Comp-T-I-A when you call them.

    Good question though!
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  • sprkymrksprkymrk Member Posts: 4,884 ■■■□□□□□□□
    _omni_ wrote:
    Cuz I don't like being wrong! :D
    Then don't ever plan on getting married... icon_lol.gif
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  • Megadeth4168Megadeth4168 Member Posts: 2,157
    When I called them asking about my Welcome Kit it was clearly pronounced COMP-tee-uh
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  • jpeezy55jpeezy55 Member Posts: 255
    _omni_ wrote:
    Cuz I don't like being wrong! :D

    Good enough for me!!! :P
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  • eurotrasheurotrash Member Posts: 817
    sprkymrk wrote:
    _omni_ wrote:
    Cuz I don't like being wrong! :D
    Then don't ever plan on getting married... icon_lol.gif
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    Or I can just rule with an iron hand... icon_bounce.gif
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  • SieSie Member Posts: 1,195
    Well Sally at London CompTIA says its COMP - tee -ah.

    Well i was bored so i rang them! icon_lol.gif
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  • bighornsheepbighornsheep Member Posts: 1,506
    bighornsheep wrote:
    I am pretty they say COMP-tee-err instead of Comp-T-I-A when you call them.

    Good question though!

    hehe, YAY! I'm right!!
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  • sprkymrksprkymrk Member Posts: 4,884 ■■■□□□□□□□
    bighornsheep wrote:
    bighornsheep wrote:
    I am pretty they say COMP-tee-err instead of Comp-T-I-A when you call them.

    Good question though!

    hehe, YAY! I'm right!!
    Only if you're a redneck! icon_lol.gif
    Howdy, this here is Bubba at Comp-tee-err, can I he'p ya'all?
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  • eurotrasheurotrash Member Posts: 817
    bighornsheep wrote:
    bighornsheep wrote:
    I am pretty they say COMP-tee-err instead of Comp-T-I-A when you call them.

    Good question though!

    hehe, YAY! I'm right!!
    Naw, you're both wrong. :P

    I think the "err" is just the accent. I think somewhere in the States they pronounce "uh" as "er" or something like that...
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  • eurotrasheurotrash Member Posts: 817
    sprkymrk wrote:
    Only if you're a redneck! icon_lol.gif
    Howdy, this here is Bubba at Comp-tee-err, can I he'p ya'all?
    Ah yes, precisely what I was thinking of! :P
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  • jpeezy55jpeezy55 Member Posts: 255
    sprkymrk wrote:
    bighornsheep wrote:
    bighornsheep wrote:
    I am pretty they say COMP-tee-err instead of Comp-T-I-A when you call them.

    Good question though!

    hehe, YAY! I'm right!!
    Only if you're a redneck! icon_lol.gif
    Howdy, this here is Bubba at Comp-tee-err, can I he'p ya'all?

    Shouldn't that be CompTIR? The Computing Technology Industry for Rednecks

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  • bighornsheepbighornsheep Member Posts: 1,506
    ok ok...let's not get into a debate about the accent, the point is, CompTIA is not pronounced Comp-T-I-A, but Comp~TIA.

    However you say TIA, is beside the point.
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  • BubbaJBubbaJ Member Posts: 323
    sprkymrk wrote:
    [Howdy, this here is Bubba at Comp-tee-err, can I he'p ya'all?
    Actually, it is properly spelled "y'all". English is one of the few languages that doesn't have a plural form of "you". People in the South make up for this with "you all" shortened to "y'all". Yankees use "youse guys".
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  • jpeezy55jpeezy55 Member Posts: 255
    bighornsheep wrote:
    ok ok...let's not get into a debate about the accent, the point is, CompTIA is not pronounced Comp-T-I-A, but Comp~TIA.

    However you say TIA, is beside the point.

    Oh well, the party's over...but yes, even though the 3 letters are all caps, they are not pronounced separately, it is one odd word, TIA, kinda like KIA (The car) without the engine, doors, wheels, cd player, etc...
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  • DapperDanDapperDan Member Posts: 53 ■■□□□□□□□□
    [quote=
    Shouldn't that be CompTIR? The Computing Technology Industry for Rednecks

    [/quote]

    I am a proud member of CompTIR
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  • sprkymrksprkymrk Member Posts: 4,884 ■■■□□□□□□□
    BubbaJ wrote:
    sprkymrk wrote:
    [Howdy, this here is Bubba at Comp-tee-err, can I he'p ya'all?
    Actually, it is properly spelled "y'all". English is one of the few languages that doesn't have a plural form of "you". People in the South make up for this with "you all" shortened to "y'all". Yankees use "youse guys".
    I'm still correct, because we all know rednecks can't spell. icon_lol.gif
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  • binarysoulbinarysoul Member Posts: 993
    Cuz I don't like being wrong!

    Then don't ever plan on getting married...

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