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Poll: How do you pronounce the *ProZ* in ProZ.com? Téma indítója: ProZ.com Staff
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Heidi C 
Local time: 11:38
angol - spanyol
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| Agree, proz like the wizard of oz... | Feb 20, 2006 |
Jack Doughty wrote:
I voted "other" because I always think and speak of it as "Prozz" (to rhyme with the Wizard of Oz), also "KoodOZZ" for KudoZ (stress on the second syllable).
[Edited at 2006-02-19 13:55]
I also wrote other.
To me, it has a short o...
(maybe because I would say it in Spanish)
Though it's funny, at a powow in Puerto Rico, someone was calling it "Pro zeta", which also sounds ok.
But it does come form "Pros" as in professionals...
Regads,
heidi
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sarahl (X)
Local time: 08:38
angol - francia
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That's how I pronounce it, with the letter Z.
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| rhyming with grows ro hose | Feb 20, 2006 |
I am among those who pronounce it rhyming with grows or a hose connected to a water tap that satisfies (most of times) my thirst for knowledge.
Ahmad Wadan
أحمد ودن
www.arablish.com
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| You are not alone, Mr Doughty | Feb 20, 2006 |
I also spell it Prozz. I didn't it's wrong.
Marki.
Indonesia
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Henk Peelen
Hollandia
Local time: 17:38
Tag (2002 óta)
német - holland
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A WEBOLDALAT LOKALIZÁLÓ FORDÍTÓ | like because -> cos, or DOS | Feb 20, 2006 |
Heidi:) wrote: Jack Doughty wrote:
I voted "other" because I always think and speak of it as "Prozz" (to rhyme with the Wizard of Oz), also "KoodOZZ" for KudoZ (stress on the second syllable).
[Edited at 2006-02-19 13:55] I also wrote other. To me, it has a short o... (maybe because I would say it in Spanish) Though it's funny, at a powow in Puerto Rico, someone was calling it "Pro zeta", which also sounds ok. But it does come form "Pros" as in professionals... Regads, heidi
I pronounce it like because, with a short o and a s
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LJC (X)
Franciaország
Local time: 17:38
francia - angol
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I'm another who pronounces it Prozz (as in Oz). Maybe it is a British thing but when I was younger, in certain circles pros were not professionals, they were prostitutes, and pro for professional was pretty much reserved for the theatre. Today, pro for professional seems to be widely used so maybe I've been caught in a generation gap.
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I answered Other because for myself, I pronounce it Prozee, but when I talk about it to people, they often don't get it so I also say Proze or Pro-zed.
By the way, is there an 'official' pronunciation, implying right or wrong pronunciation?
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Well, I also assumed it was a neat shorthand form for "professionals" (pros), so I pronounce it as "prose" or "prose dot com" when I talk to people on the phone.
When we talk about the site here at the company it has become a bit of an inside joke to call it "Protz" (German, pronounced "prots"), like Eric Hansson mentioned.
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paolamonaco
Olaszország
Local time: 11:38
angol - olasz
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Here's another one: Prozz as in OZ
Paola
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Alison High
Svájc
Local time: 17:38
francia - angol
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| proze/pro-zed | Feb 20, 2006 |
I answered ProZ (grows, toes) like the majority, but I think I thought about it too long...
I think I actually tend towards Pro-Zed... or why capitalize the Z?
And being a Brit, I really couldn't bring myself to saying Pro-Zee... (no offense intended to our American friends)
Forgot to add that, just to be confusing, I'd say Kudoz as in wizard of and was.
[Edited at 2006-02-20 15:56]
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Heinrich Pesch
Finnország
Local time: 18:38
Tag (2003 óta)
finn - német
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| Depends on how you pronounce the 'o' | Nov 29, 2006 |
If you say proze the English way, you say pro-use for German or Scandinavian ears. I would pronounce it pros or prots with a short 'o', but usually I call it "that one translator's site".
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I've heard "proth" here in Spain.
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1. I never new the meaning of the Z at the end of the words Pro, Kudo, Brownie, nor the meaning of KudoZ and Browniez and where they come from.
2. If ProZ come from profesional, then why not ProS?
3. People tend to pronounce it they way the letter is being used in the very country: the German have for "z" another sound than the Spanish people.
Actually I say it like prose, as we say the "z" in Romanian, but also much like the German people.
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Peter Linton (X)
Local time: 16:38
svéd - angol
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. . . by all the different ways of pronoucing ProZ. And as the person who originally suggested the poll, delighted.
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Elaine Matos
Egyesült Államok
Local time: 11:38
angol - spanyol
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| I never thought this was an issue! | Dec 1, 2006 |
I am surprise. At first, I thought that the pronounciation was obvious, but certainly it isn't. I think that the use of the Z it is for marely stylish purpose.
I refer to this web site as "pross", like boss (and I erroneously automatically assumed that everyone pronounced it the same way).
I read every input, and now I understand the diversified reasons of why this became such an interesting topic.
[Edited at 2006-12-01 17:19]
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