Pronunciation

[swiss]

Hi there,

from snowchaos back to civilization I have just one question coming to my mind ...

You probably know the "Adobe Creative Suite". My prob is that I am sooo unsure how to pronounce this last word. Is it more like "sweeet" or more like "sooot" ?

sounds silly, aye? be patient, I am German :D .

[RedHeadSebbe]

It´s sooot.....I learned that anyway....

[Aristharus]

I'd bet on "sooot".

Or maybe not.. Come to think of it, "sweeet" doesn't sound THAT bad after all..

Damn..

How about "soooit" or something?

[Frodo]

I would say it "sweeet"

:D

[RedHeadSebbe]

Here you go :P
suit (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Suit)

[Data]

you linked to the wrong one
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Suite

and that would sweet

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Yes and the thread name should be spelled and pronounced, Pronunciation.

Personally I say "sweet". This certainly sounds like an English and American clash of language.

[RedHeadSebbe]

Originally posted by Data@Dec 2 2005, 10:00 AM
you linked to the wrong one
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Suite

and that would sweet
Oh...That´s why I said "soot" too :D I thought of the wrong thing :wall:

[Sebatianos]

I'd say it would fall in the 2b chategory, so more like "soot" http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Suite

[BeefontheBone]

It's definitely "sweet" - that's what the e on the end does, otherwise it'd be "sooot" as in what you wear.

[Rogue]

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=suite&db=*

Swet

I personaly pronounce it shiiiit LOL

[Sebatianos]

Originally posted by BeefontheBone@Dec 2 2005, 02:55 PM
It's definitely "sweet" - that's what the e on the end does, otherwise it'd be "sooot" as in what you wear.
You really think it's not a part of the furniture :sneaky:

[Danny252]

In English its suite. Thats because it comes from (I believe) french. Pronounced like 'Ensuite' but without the 'en'

[BeefontheBone]

Noibody I know pronounces the furniture thing as anything other than "sweet" - if you notice, the entry on dictionary.com listed "soot" as an alternative when talking about the furniture.

[Fruit Pie Jones]

Originally posted by BeefontheBone@Dec 2 2005, 06:55 AM
It's definitely "sweet" - that's what the e on the end does, otherwise it'd be "sooot" as in what you wear.
Yep, what he said. With the "e," it's "sweet." Without the "e," it's "soot" (rhyming with "boot," not "foot").

[swiss]

wow thank you ... you confused me even more now ...


so can we settle it on "sweet" for the English and "siooot" for the Americans ? (Wow that would help, coz' Adobe is from the USA)


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And what about suitcase? I learned to pronounce it "sioot".
And Suite like this thing you live in is "sweet".

But Adobe made a case full of cool software so wouldn't it be "sioot" like the suitcase then ????


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BTW: We all are sure that you say "Adobeeee" and not "Adobh", right?

[BeefontheBone]

A suit is an entirely different thing from a suite, which is why they have different words. A suitcase is a case for carrying a suit, so pronounced "soootcayse". And Adobe is definitely Add-oh-bee.

[ReamusLQ]

in america, suite is sweet

suit is soot

[BeefontheBone]

So, the same as here then. The only possible reason for confusion I can think of is that a minority of (posh) British people might pronounce suit as "sewt" to rhyme with newt.

[Fruit Pie Jones]

Originally posted by BeefontheBone@Dec 2 2005, 02:08 PM
And Adobe is definitely Add-oh-bee.
(Love the British/American thing, and I'll never tire of it, especially in the Grammar forum...although I'll consistently get it wrong.) What syllable are you accenting there? I say it like "a dough bee."

[Playbahnosh]

wow, a bunch of europeans and aussies dispute over british and american grammar... coool :ok:

[ReamusLQ]

Originally posted by BeefontheBone@Dec 2 2005, 03:37 PM
So, the same as here then. The only possible reason for confusion I can think of is that a minority of (posh) British people might pronounce suit as "sewt" to rhyme with newt.
that IS how we pronounce suit, as in newt.

I meant S-OO-T, phonetically. Not soot and is foot (meaning the stuff you get on your face from chimneys)

[Blood-Pigggy]

Originally posted by ReamusLQ@Dec 2 2005, 05:22 PM
in america, suite is sweet

suit is soot
No, everywhere it's sweeet, I don't care what you say, if you disagree you are wrong, because that is the right pronunciation.

Besides, I don't think Neil Diamond could be wrong. Have you heard Crunchy Granola Suite? Yes? Well then you understand that Neil Diamond can't possibly be wrong, so if you disagree YOU are wrong.

Suit is soot, but it isn't always sooty.
(Not To Reamus) Oh, and if you actually thought it out, you wouldn't have had to make this topic in the first place, if you're speaking about english (Which you are) that "e" would turn it into what it sounds like now.

[Calabite]

Sofa.

[Evad]

Here in Canada, it's A-Dough_be Sweet, suite referring to a set of matching furniture.
Suit is like Newt, and refers to something you may put in furniture, a closet probably.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Well I had never actually heard anyone say "soot" either. But I assumed some people had to of for the question to come up and all arguements over language are between American and England.

[swiss]

OK all of you, thanks!

I am now quite sure to pronounce this Adobe Creative Suite (http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/main.html) like this

A-dough-bee creee-a-tiff sweet



thank's for changing my mind ... (damn... it is hard to tell all those that I had a fight with that THEY were right ... :ranting: )

[Alf Hari]

Don't worry, it's not like many of us can speak continental European languages. If you get to the point where you wonder over how to pronounce words like 'suite' then know a lot about the English language already.

[Playbahnosh]

Boy, I'm glad thats over with :D

[BeefontheBone]

A-dough-bee cree-ay-tiff sweet

FPJ - yeah, same emphasis :P

[ReamusLQ]

cree-ay-tiff or cree-ay-tivv? I say the second...

[BeefontheBone]

Good point - tivv.

[SupSuper]

I say tivv too.

tiff would be something like Creatiph :P

[bruno]

Originally posted by ReamusLQ@Dec 3 2005, 11:36 PM
cree-ay-tiff or cree-ay-tivv?* I say the second...
i said like you. :ok:

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Could also possibly be tiv, less emphasis on the v.

[Playbahnosh]

aw man, why? :cry:
You guys just like to dispute over minor things don't you? :D

maan, never underestimate human error :D

[BeefontheBone]

To be honest, I just couldn't let that "I'm glad that's over with" slide :angel:

[Evad]

ok well then,the covering of your dwelling, is it roof or ruff?

[BeefontheBone]

Roof - ruff is more Scottish. Or one of those Elizabethan neck thingies.

[allyfaucet]

House covering is definetely roof :P

At least around here, it is...

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Well now let's get into "H".

This is one thing that always confuses me, even after I'm told cause then I forget it, which is proper, "aetch" or "haetch"?

To English people that is, Americans don't count.

[PrejudiceSucks]

It's aych. That's in standard English, though. A lot of people say 'haych', which is a bit weird.

And it's a roof. Pronounced how it looks (unless you speak Dutch, Flemish, German or I imagine some other languages, when that would be rohf). Roof.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Right, thanks, even though I'll just forget again.

[Danny252]

tivv for me. Creatiff just dosen't sound right. Now, weather thats because its actually bad, or because Im not used to it, I dunno.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

"Tiff", I believe is just wrong. Some may say it with an "F" sound at the end but not with so much emphasis as the double "F" would suggest.

[Fruit Pie Jones]

All of you who find this thread amusing are now unofficial Grammar Squad members.

That's right, unofficial. You still don't get to see the forum. :bleh: