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Pronounc3r
Nov14-10, 05:35 AM
RS 232, should it be as /ar es two thirty two/ ?
Thank you
Jimmy Snyder
Nov14-10, 05:45 AM
RS 232, should it be as /ar es two thirty two/ ?
Thank you
Yes. Long after 8-bit parallel printers were available, Commodore advertised some older printers as having "Advanced One-Wire Technology". That was RS-232.

By the way, how do you pronounce Pronounc3r? /pee ar oh en oh yu en see three ar/ ?
DrGreg
Nov14-10, 06:46 AM
I've only ever heard it pronounced as "... two three two", never "... two thirty-two".
Doc Al
Nov14-10, 07:20 AM
I've only ever heard it pronounced as "... two three two", never "... two thirty-two".
My experience is the opposite. I've never heard it pronounced as "... two three two".
Astronuc
Nov14-10, 08:04 AM
I think it's "two-three-two" in the UK and "two-thirty-two" in the US - along the lines of "6 and 2 threes" vs "6 of one, half-dozen of the other".
mugaliens
Nov14-10, 05:47 PM
RS 232, should it be as /ar es two thirty two/ ?
Thank you

I've worked in computers with people from several countries, including the US, S. Korea, UK, and Germany, and I've only heard it pronounced RS two-thirty-two.
Jimmy Snyder
Nov14-10, 06:02 PM
In Japan it's pronounced /ar es ni san ni/.
Borek
Nov15-10, 01:45 AM
/er es dwieście trzydzieści dwa/
Danger
Nov15-10, 04:33 AM
/er es dwieście trzydzieści dwa/

Oh stop that! Now you're just teasing.
mugaliens
Nov15-10, 06:05 AM
Oh stop that! Now you're just teasing.

Not if he's from Poland, he's not. They never tease.
chronon
Nov15-10, 06:08 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDlj0jBtYmQ
Danger
Nov15-10, 06:10 AM
Not if he's from Poland, he's not.

Well, that's easily verified just by taking a look at him. Where the hell else could he be from, now that Dr. Seuss is dead?
Ben Niehoff
Nov15-10, 12:44 PM
/er es dwieście trzydzieści dwa/

And how do you pronounce that?
Jimmy Snyder
Nov15-10, 12:48 PM
and how do you pronounce that?
rs-232
jobyts
Nov15-10, 12:58 PM
And how do you pronounce that?

rs-232

:rofl::rofl:

Jimmy: This year too, you will have to fight for not getting nominated for the best humor award.
Borek
Nov15-10, 12:59 PM
Go to http://www.ivona.com

Select Polish flag on the left. You may select one of the names, but you don't have to.

Enter rs-232 into the edit field.

Click Czytaj (Read).
Ben Niehoff
Nov15-10, 01:08 PM
Go to http://www.ivona.com

That's pretty amusing. Naturally, the first thing I did was made it curse. :P
Dr Lots-o'watts
Nov15-10, 09:49 PM
In aviation, every number is pronounced as a series of single digits. That way, there is no confusion between say, "fifty" and "sixty", which could sound the same on radio.

But in French, it's easier and more natural to say "deux trente-deux" ("thirty") than "deux trois deux".