I did a little digging, and apparently Harman International still makes DOD.  (I thought the brand had been absorbed into Digitech.)  Anyway, I always thought it was called D-O-D, because it was either "Department of Distortion", or "Department of Defense", because the pedals were American-made and housed in all-metal casings.

DOD website with weird SG-playing guy

Hi Mike-

I say D-A-W because it's not an acronym. An acronym is a word that is spelled by using the first or first few letters of each word

How is it clearly not an acronym: "Digital Audio Workstation" = DAW? Seems very similar to RADAR to me. The diff. b/w an initialism and an acronym seems pretty subjective and based on convention. For example, I don't think many people pronounce "USA" "oosa" (except when talking about the American TV channel, oddly enough!), but I've heard "DAW" both ways. I pronounce it as a single word when I pronounce it at all.

Re S/PDIF, I might be alone in this, but I pronounce it "SPEE-DIF". I must've heard it that way somewhere along the line, and it stuck.

-Susan

-Susan

I'm from the south so I say


Deeeeee Aaaaayyyyeee  Dubbaayoooooouuuu.

Hi Jessie-

Remember that we're talking about the home channel of Burn Notice, here, so have some respect.

Maybe I just travel in a bad crowd! Burn Notice and In Plain Sight are 2 of my favorite shows, so no disrespect intended!

-Susan

Susan, that's my story and I'm sticking to it lol. 

And for what it's worth, I also pronounce it MID-EE.
 
Mike

Hi Mike-

Susan, that's my story and I'm sticking to it lol.

And I'm sticking to "DAW". That's what makes this a great democracy.

Wait.. wait!

-Susan

Do you say D.A.W. or daw?

Spaceduck


Sheesh have I been saying it wrong all these years? I've always spelled it out D.A.W. But lately I've been seeing product videos where they say 'daw' (rhymes with paw).
 
Even weirder, I'm hearing some people refer to S/PDIF as 'spiddif'. Is that right?? Man I'm out of touch.

I say DAW = "daw" ....in one word!
I say S/PDIF ) = S, pidi-F     ... in one flow and word
 
 
Regards
Freddie

Susan G


Hi Jessie-

Royal Pains

I've never watched it -- the teasers didn't appeal to me. I can DVR the reruns, though, I guess. You recommend it?

Thanks-

Susan

Royal Pains is a good recommendation if you've ever fantasized about recasting Gregory House as a friendly, young Jewish doctor in the Hamptons.  It's an hour-long fish-out-of-water dramedy where Mark Feuerstein discovers all manner of normal people and quirky characters among the locals.  His brother Evan, love interest doctor Jill, and physician's assistant Divya round out the regulars.  I won't claim that it's a great show, but it amuses me, and it's better than the teasers.

How about Moog?
 
Moo-g, or Mow-g.
 
 
(got a documentary on Bob Moog, and he says Mow-g, settled many an argument)
 

That's funny, I had a 5th grade music teacher who beat it into our heads that it's "Mow-g". So I'm stuck with it.

How about Neutrik
Nootrik or Noytrik

How about Neutrik
Nootrik or Noytrik

 
The German word Neu is pronounced Noy, so I'll take Noytrik.

Cool, so my music teacher beat the right thing into my head!
Not that it really matters to me, I'm pretty neutral.
Sorry... noytral.

I'm pretty neutral. Sorry... noytral.

 
At least you're not noyrotic about it 
 
Oh, could have fun all day with this...

I say tomato, you say tomato, lets call the whole thing off.
 
Hang on, that doesn't quite work...
 
Which highlights something I just realised. I have no idea how Beagle pronounces A-so.
 
Being English, I would pronounce a short A, like 'are'.
Beagle, being US based, most likely has a longer A sound than I would, like 'aye'.
 
Just a thought.