ISO.. How do you say it? I've always said it like it's a word "ISO" I've heard people say "I-S-O" Which is correct?

Stef C Loc: Conshohocken (near philly) PA

How do you say it?

I've always said it like it's a word "ISO"

I've heard people say "I-S-O"

Which is correct?

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Stef C wrote:

How do you say it?

I've always said it like it's a word "ISO"

I've heard people say "I-S-O"

Which is correct?

Its letters, not a word. Short for International Standardization Organization.

snowbear

I say it as letters, lie I did ASA and DIN.

Hmmm . . . "LASER" is actually intitals!

DrAW45 Loc: Maumee Ohio

snowbear wrote:

I say it as letters, lie I did ASA and DIN.

Hmmm . . . "LASER" is actually intitals!

LASER
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

penguinpete

In industry, as when seeking ISO certification (ISO 9000, ISO 17025, etc.) is is pronounced "eye-sew".

-- penguinpete

Stef C Loc: Conshohocken (near philly) PA

penguinpete wrote:

In industry, as when seeking ISO certification (ISO 9000, ISO 17025, etc.) is is pronounced "eye-sew".

-- penguinpete

Thank you that's what I assumed !

wlgoode Loc: Globe, AZ

penguinpete wrote:

In industry, as when seeking ISO certification (ISO 9000, ISO 17025, etc.) is is pronounced "eye-sew".

-- penguinpete

Unfortunately too much eye-sew can create eye-sore. lol

steve40 Loc: Asheville/Canton, NC, USA

Older ASA (American Standard), and newer ISO (International Standard, way of rating film/sensor sensitivity. :) No more, no less. :) Quote: I - SOOOO. Sort of like aw-soooo.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Initials pronounced as a word are called acronyms. LASER is an acronym. FBI, CIA, ASA, DEA are not.

My manufacturing industry is saturated with ISO requirements. I have never heard the letters pronounced as the acronym eye-sew. As a serious photographer of 40-years, I have heard the letters DIN pronounced as an acronym, but never ISO pronounced as an acronym. It will be interesting to see if ISO becomes an accepted acronym.

wlgoode Loc: Globe, AZ

Nikonian72 wrote:

Initials pronounced as a word are called acronyms. LASER is an acronym. FBI, CIA, ASA, DEA are not.

My manufacturing industry is saturated with ISO requirements. I have never heard the letters pronounced as the acronym eye-sew. As a serious photographer of 40-years, I have heard the letters DIN pronounced as an acronym, but never ISO pronounced as an acronym. It will be interesting to see if ISO becomes an accepted acronym.

Neither have I and when I started photography it was still ASA. I've always heard it pronounced eye-ess-oh.

steve40 Loc: Asheville/Canton, NC, USA

Well ASS-A never caught on, did it?. :lol:

Roger Hicks Loc: Aquitaine

Among journalists and manufacturers, normally EYE-SO, rarely EYE-ESS-OH.

Cheers,

R.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Nikonian72 wrote:

Initials pronounced as a word are called acronyms. LASER is an acronym. FBI, CIA, ASA, DEA are not.

My manufacturing industry is saturated with ISO requirements. I have never heard the letters pronounced as the acronym eye-sew.

I've been in aircraft manufacturing all my adult life and I've heard ISO pronounced "eye-so" from the start. :)

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Nikonian72 wrote:

Initials pronounced as a word are called acronyms. LASER is an acronym. FBI, CIA, ASA, DEA are not.

ac·ro·nym
   [ak-ruh-nim] Show IPA
noun
1.
a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.

Although FBI and FAA ARE all created from the first letters of the words they represent, I guess they are NOT Acronyms because they do NOT form a pronounceable WORD - as LASER does. Since ISO is pronounceable following standard grammatical interpretation, once it becomes acceptable as a word - then I guess it will be an Acronym. Laser pretty much became a word immediately. Among those that use it - ISO is essentially a word that means PIA.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Merlin1300 wrote:

Among those that use it - ISO is essentially a word that means PIA.

you forgot "UPIA"...Useless pain in......