Windows Vista Pronunciation

[Deozaan]

My brother lived in Spain for a couple of years and after he returned, he had one of his Spanish friends visit my family for a couple months. My family has also had exchange students from other countries, including two from Spain. I took three years of Spanish in high school, and I currently have a Mexican sharing this apartment with me.

Whenever I see or say Vista I automatically pronounce it the Spanish way, "Vee-stuh," but pretty much everyone else I know says it the other way. I'm just curious to see if anyone else pronounces it differently than they would in their native language.

[mouser]

This reminds me of my very favorite chart in the entire history of the internet, which i think is possibly one of the coolest things i've ever seen:


http://www.popvssoda...ts/total-county.html

Windows Vista Pronunciation

[Deozaan]

This reminds me of my very favorite chart in the entire history of the internet, which i think is possibly one of the coolest things i've ever seen

-mouser (October 17, 2006, 11:50 AM)

Ha, yeah. I've lived in Idaho for as long as I can remember (with a short stint in Alaska before I can remember) and I visited New York State and was slightly ridiculed by my peers for saying "Pop." At that time I decided to start saying "Soda" since I figured that "Soda Pop" was the correct term and so saying either "Soda" or "Pop" could be appropriate. Then I returned back to Idaho and some months later at a family gathering my brother caught me saying "Soda" and he laughed at me.

Luckily I had an excuse. I was drinking a Jone's Soda. Hooray for a quick wit!

[Veign]

I always got weird looks for saying Package Store for a liquor store.  Must be a northern thing.

[JavaJones]

The weirdest one to me is "buggy" for a shopping cart in the south. WTF!? 

- Oshyan

[Veign]

I have lived in the south for almost 10 years now and still can't myself to say that one.   Just sounds too weird.

[Edvard]

I suppose this was inspired by the controversy on how to pronounce "Linux"

I like how a friend explained how Italians say the "a" sound as almost silent but more like a pause for emphasis of the preceding letter sound. Like the word "mozzarella", for instance. Pronounce it "mawtsuh-relluh" and you won't get anything from signore cheesemonger. But say "moatS' relL' " and you'll get some sloppy white goo that goes excellent melted over red sauce and linguine.
So i say it should be pronounced VeesT'

BTW-localization of dialect is a far-reaching and global subject. Ask why the Brits say "lorry" instead of "truck" or why the english-speaking Pinoys say "bonnet" instead of "hat". We could go on...

P.S.- You should also hold your hand palm up with your fingers together as if holding a marble at your fingertips when you pronounce it "Il Senso Italiano"

[Carol Haynes]

I figure it is a name offered by a (supposedly) English speaking company (if you can call what Americans speak English ).

Personally I pronounce is Vi (as in victor) -sta (as in stand).

I wouldn't be surprised if MS pronounce it V-eye-star

Once everyone has to cough up some cash for this I think it is more likely to be pronounced XP !!

[f0dder]

I pronounce Vista "shit"

[cranioscopical]

The OED gives one definition of vista as:
An opening or passage-way.
Far be it from me to speculate on which might come to mind in the context of this thread...

[tomos]

in german speaking countries it could be pronounced:

FISTA

(e.g. Volk = folk, & gets pronounced the same)


me, I'd pronounce it like Carol -
the "tuh" or "stuh" choices must be more of an american thing ... 

[JavaJones]

Fista, HAHAHAAH! That's brilliant.

- Oshyan

[app103]

I like how a friend explained how Italians say the "a" sound as almost silent but more like a pause for emphasis of the preceding letter sound. Like the word "mozzarella", for instance. Pronounce it "mawtsuh-relluh" and you won't get anything from signore cheesemonger. But say "moatS' relL' " and you'll get some sloppy white goo that goes excellent melted over red sauce and linguine.

-Edvard (October 17, 2006, 01:11 PM)

Here in NJ, home of many displaced Italians (and Tony Soprano), we pronounce that like this:

moot (rhymes with boot)-sah-rell (roll that 'r')

and that's not 'red sauce'...it's gravy. 

[Lashiec]

Being Spanish, I say it like it should. Vista. Just plain simple. But since I don't have the slightest about pronunciation, I guess the way would be "Vee-stuh", just like Deozaan says