Die audio?

[Jan]

English speaking natives; how do you pronouce DIY?
Like "Die"?
Or "Dee I Why"?

[Scratchy]

Dee-Eye-Why

For first time power up:
Always clean PCB with ISO before applying power & use of a current limiting resistor highly recommended.

quote:Its easy to ask questions but please try to be constructive

[Jan]

Thanks, I heard someone use the "die" version and it did not feel right to me. But with English you never know. I went to English schools a couple of periods when I grew up but still, sometimes I run into problems. The pronounciation and spelling of a word in English is kind of loosely connected [:I]. My Spanish girlfriend has a hard time with the +15 vowel sounds and spelling in English. Three different sounds per character at least...too much... Spanish is much simpler in that way.

[MikeHunt79]

quote:Originally posted by Scratchy

Dee-Eye-Why

Yep, I say it exactly like this.

[krilli]

... but how do Swedes say it? Its dí-æ-væ in Icelandic

[Jan]

quote:Originally posted by krilli

... but how do Swedes say it? Its d--v in Icelandic

The four versions I've heard;
* "Die"
* "Dee-Eye-Why"
* The Swedish pronounciation of english abbreviation which is something like "Dea eee ..." sorry, cant find an english spelling for the "Y"...
* Swedish equivalent/translation "Gr Det Sjlv"

No wonder I am confused [8D]......

[krilli]

Heh ... It's similar over here except själv is sjálf-ur, which may amuse you

[V-bro]

In Dutch it is DHZ for "Doe het zelf" Or literally "do it yourself"

Pronounced "d ha zed"

------For first power-up testing don't have the large power supply caps installed yet!!!------

[Saturnus]

In danish it's: "Goer-det-selv"*. It's written and pronounced the same way. Funny thing is that it's actually a lot faster to say than the english abbreviation.

The approximate english pronounciation would be: gir-the-sel with gir as in girth, the as a very short the and sel as in seldom.

*oe is the vocal o with a slash through.

[Saturnus]

quote:Originally posted by jan

Thanks, I heard someone use the "die" version and it did not feel right to me. But with English you never know. I went to English schools a couple of periods when I grew up but still, sometimes I run into problems. The pronounciation and spelling of a word in English is kind of loosely connected [:I]. My Spanish girlfriend has a hard time with the +15 vowel sounds and spelling in English. Three different sounds per character at least...too much... Spanish is much simpler in that way.

I can relate to that problem as I had an argetinian girlfriend for a few years but danish has 22 distinctive and seperate vowel sounds so that's much much harder.