Pronounce SATA

Bigaldoc · Post by **Bigaldoc** » 04 Apr 2011, 16:28

This is a question for my "geek" friends - and you know who you are! Ever since the inception of the current hard drive technology that is replacing (or has replaced IDE), I've not had occasion to "pronounce" it aloud as we do so many other acronyms in our English language. I usually just say it silently in my head. So, just for grins and trivia of the day, here's the choices for SATA from one web site poll:

Post by **StuartR** » 04 Apr 2011, 16:30

I pronounce it S.A.T.A (each letter individually)

PaulB · Post by **PaulB** » 04 Apr 2011, 17:01

I pronounce it SAH-TUH (and EEE-SAH-TUH for the external type) although I cannot recall ever hearing someone else pronounce it.

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 04 Apr 2011, 17:26

SAY-TUH

steveh · Post by **steveh** » 04 Apr 2011, 18:41

Bigaldoc wrote:This is a question for my "geek" friends - and you know who you are! Ever since the inception of the current hard drive technology that is replacing (or has replaced IDE), I've not had occasion to "pronounce" it aloud as we do so many other acronyms in our English language. I usually just say it silently in my head. So, just for grins and trivia of the day, here's the choices for SATA from one web site poll:

Hi Al

I pronounce it like Paul B does, SAH TUH, but when I think about I never tried to pronounce IDE as anything but always used the initials I.D.E I wonder why that is?

John Gray · Post by **John Gray** » 04 Apr 2011, 18:48

The pronunciation will, as usual, vary between British English and American English.

Personally, I pronounce it like SATTER, as in Saturday.

(And it's an initialism, not an acronym! We should be precise about these matters...)

Bigaldoc · Post by **Bigaldoc** » 04 Apr 2011, 19:10

John Gray wrote:(And it's an initialism, not an acronym! We should be precise about these matters...)

John, the "wet blanket" Lounge Pedant!

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 04 Apr 2011, 19:47

Bigaldoc wrote:
John Gray wrote:(And it's an initialism, not an acronym! We should be precise about these matters...)
John, the "wet blanket" Lounge Pedant!

The old song:
You say po-tay-toe. I say pah-tah-tah, some New Englanders even say pah-dah'-dah

Post by **HansV** » 04 Apr 2011, 19:59

I prefer Satay

satay.jpg

Bigaldoc · Post by **Bigaldoc** » 04 Apr 2011, 20:09

Looks like kebob to me...

Post by **StuartR** » 04 Apr 2011, 20:10

Bigaldoc wrote:Looks like kebob to me...

You say kebob and I say kebab

Post by **HansV** » 04 Apr 2011, 20:12

Kebob - kebab - let's call the whole thing off!

Bigaldoc · Post by **Bigaldoc** » 04 Apr 2011, 20:13

Ya got me, what can I say? Dumb spell checker!

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 04 Apr 2011, 20:47

HansV wrote:Kebob - kebab - let's call the whole thing off!

Absolutely!

wasbit · Post by **wasbit** » 05 Apr 2011, 00:49

I'd (pun) never thought about it until now & suddenly realized that I pronounced them as sat-tuh & pah-tuh but always spelt out A.T.E.

Skitterbug · Post by **Skitterbug** » 05 Apr 2011, 03:53

After seeing the pic in Hans' post, all I can say is - I'm hungry now!

BobH · Post by **BobH** » 14 Apr 2011, 21:04

Sorry, I was off celebrating 50 years of marriage and missed this post, but not wanting to deprive anyone . . . .

Being a Texan, you guys ('n gals) probly think I say it with an accent (smile when you say that, poduh!), but I say "satÂ´ uh"

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