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RS 232, should it be as /ar es two thirty two/ ?
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How do you pronounce RS 232 in aviation?
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Jimmy Snyder
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Yes. Long after 8-bit parallel printers were available, Commodore advertised some older printers as having "Advanced One-Wire Technology". That was RS-232.Pronounc3r said:
By the way, how do you pronounce Pronounc3r? /pee ar oh en oh yu en see three ar/ ?
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I've only ever heard it pronounced as "... two three two", never "... two thirty-two".
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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".
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Pronounc3r said:
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
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In Japan it's pronounced /ar es ni san ni/.
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Borek said:
Oh stop that! Now you're just teasing.
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Danger said:
Not if he's from Poland, he's not. They never tease.
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mugaliens said:
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?
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Borek said:
And how do you pronounce that?
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rs-232ben niehoff said:
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Ben Niehoff said:
Jimmy Snyder said:
Jimmy: This year too, you will have to fight for not getting nominated for the best humor award.
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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.
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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).
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Borek said:
That's pretty amusing. Naturally, the first thing I did was made it curse. :P
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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".
But in French, it's easier and more natural to say "deux trente-deux" ("thirty") than "deux trois deux".