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Posted: 2/16/2010 5:39 PM
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SwordlessLink
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Wait, people actually say it as "tass"? That's hilarious. But yeah, I agree with Nach.
Posted: 2/16/2010 5:41 PM
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Nach
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Fabian wrote:
I'm sure you can think of a few acronyms which are pronounced/used as any other word, right?
Not unless it's an old acronym when expanded is more or less gibberish to the common person, and it's easy to pronounce. But those are few and far between. Also, you probably need to have someone drag your carcass out back and blow your brains out with a shotgun.
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Posted: 2/16/2010 5:56 PM
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Fabian
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Nach wrote:
Fabian wrote:
I'm sure you can think of a few acronyms which are pronounced/used as any other word, right?
Not unless it's an old acronym when expanded is more or less gibberish to the common person, and it's easy to pronounce.
Ok, cool.
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Posted: 2/16/2010 6:21 PM
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Bisqwit
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I'd pronounce "TAS" as if it were a word "tas", with IPA /ɑ/ as the vowel as in Irish English accent for "cat" or USA English accent for "not". It may also occasionally sound like /ʌ/ as in "cut" or /a/ as in Scottish English accent for "cat" or /æ/ as in "batman".
Posted: 2/16/2010 8:03 PM
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Anavrin
Joined: 8/18/2009
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I say "TAS" as a word, but with a french accent.
Posted: 2/16/2010 8:25 PM
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Flygon
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I always went 'tah-ss'. With a silent h.
Posted: 2/16/2010 8:47 PM
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Snake
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Just "Täs" :) Well, German =D xD
Posted: 2/16/2010 10:07 PM
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Bezman
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If you call people 'Tassers' in real life, you may get some hostility. Specially in the UK. Oh, and I'd call them 'tool assisted speedruns' then, when context has been set and I need to use the word within the same few seconds, I'd just call them 'run's.
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Posted: 2/17/2010 12:57 AM
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alden
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I don't know, I think a TASer and a tosser are pretty much the same thing :P
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Posted: 2/17/2010 1:22 AM
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djchilxxn
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funny though, cause i say "En Eee Ess" for NES but i definately say "Sness" for Super NES.
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Posted: 2/17/2010 12:12 PM
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gyorokpeter
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I pronounce it according to Hungarian phonology: [tɒʃ]. Very ugly but Hungarians tend to do this to many foreign words.
Posted: 2/17/2010 1:03 PM
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Kriole
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Like the 'Dazs' in Häagen-Dazs. Except with a T.
Posted: 2/17/2010 1:46 PM
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Kuwaga
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- Wow, this guy is really good! I bet he's been playing that same game for ages! - It's a T.A.S. - What? - A tool assisted speed... no... tool... assisted superrun... speedplay, speedrun, whatever. - Uhuh? - Well, there is this one site.. Oh, just watch it! - ... Kuwaga has earned 43 "unfunny points". 3 more to go for a level up!
Posted: 2/18/2010 2:33 AM
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Heisanevilgenius
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I always pronounce it in my head as the letters. T. A. S. I think if I heard someone say "I'm working on a tass" I would make a mental note to avoid them.
Posted: 2/20/2010 11:32 AM
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duksandfish
Joined: 3/14/2008
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Location: United Kingdom
TAS - Tee eh ess TASer - Tee eh ess er
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Posted: 3/22/2010 6:57 AM
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sits
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TAZ... like the first syllable in "Tasmania".
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Posted: 5/26/2010 10:10 PM
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ixfd64
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"Tee ay ess."
Posted: 5/26/2010 10:15 PM
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TAS = TAS like in task (with a short a) TASing = Taysing TASer = Tayser But I never ever said TAS in reallife. Perhaps I once referred to it as tool-assisted speedruns, but not as TAS.
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Posted: 5/27/2010 12:22 AM
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I pronounce it the way any brazilian would if reading it as a word. "Like the 'Dazs' in Häagen-Dazs. Except with a T." this.
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Posted: 5/27/2010 5:34 AM
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scrimpeh
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Teee Ay Esss.
Posted: 5/27/2010 11:39 PM
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Dada
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Like in "task". TASing is like "tassing", with the same "a" as "task".
Posted: 5/29/2010 4:01 AM
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ixfd64
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Location: California
MUGG wrote:
TAS = TAS like in task (with a short a) TASing = Taysing TASer = Tayser But I never ever said TAS in reallife. Perhaps I once referred to it as tool-assisted speedruns, but not as TAS.
But don't TAS me, bro!
Posted: 5/30/2010 2:12 AM
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Twisted_Eye
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I pronounce all the letters, in all usages of the word. T-A-S-ing. T-A-S-es. Boring I'm sure. Technically, it's against the whole concept of TASing to do it this way, it is SO slow and inefficient!
Posted: 5/30/2010 2:52 AM
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Antoids
Joined: 8/27/2009
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Letter by letter, just like NES and SNES and basically any acronym that isn't meant to spell out a word.
Posted: 5/30/2010 4:53 AM
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Warp
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Antoids wrote:
Letter by letter, just like NES and SNES and basically any acronym that isn't meant to spell out a word.
What do you mean? Of course NES is pronounced like a word. Or "nessie" of you want to be affectionate. The second one is, naturally, "super-nessie".
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