Dumb question: how do you pronounce BIS?

[Brian]

Do you spell it out, Bee Eye Ess? Do you say Beess or Biss?

[springrite]

Do you spell it out, Bee Eye Ess? Do you say Beess or Biss?

Regardless of how we are supposed to pronounce it, I am pronouncing it Biss.



This reminds me of a Swedish friend in the US. "Regardless how my name is supposed to be pronounced, I am pronouncing it Goran (instead of urine)!"

[The new erato]

Biss - as in the pianist.

[rickardg]

I guess it should be 'biss' since the logo contains (twice actually, how meta...) the musical notation sign for repeating the previous bar.

[Cato]

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I pronounce it "Biss."

On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays I pronounce the letters.

On Sundays I say Ishkabibble! 

Nice company!

[Sammy]

I go with BIZ.

[Ataraxia]

Bitch

[The new erato]

I go with BIZ.

Bitch

I can assure you; no Swede (at least) would say that. They say Biss.

[Ataraxia]

I can assure you; no Swede (at least) would say that. They say Biss.

Biss, of course. Biss.

[Sammy]

Bitch

That reminds me that I just acquired another dog from the prison compound; named her Betty Lou.  Now, Sammy has a sister that he humps constantly.

[Ataraxia]

Now, Sammy has a sister that he humps constantly.

!!!

[springrite]

I know some people would just love to pronounce it differently just to sound European and sophisticated. It's like called Basel "Bowel" just to sound educationed.

How about Baizi (which BTW would be Chinese for Wrong Pronounciation or Wrong Word)

[The new erato]

That reminds me that I just acquired another dog from the prison compound; named her Betty Lou.  Now, Sammy has a sister that he humps constantly.

So it's good your BIS CDs are not bitches.

[Sammy]

I can assure you; no Swede (at least) would say that. They say Biss.

That's no good; sounds too much like piss.

[Ataraxia]

That's no good; sounds too much like piss.

Hey, I didn't name the company.

[Sammy]

Hey, I didn't name the company.

We Americans always come up with the best names (like Chick-Fil-A and Hobby Lobby).

[springrite]

We Americans always come up with the best names (like Chick-Fil-A and Hobby Lobby).

Don't forget "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!"

Our haters of 20th/21st Century Music would love to name some labels "I Can't Believe It's Music!"

[Sammy]

Don't forget "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!"

Now that's a product that doesn't taste anything like butter; there's nothing like the real thing.

[Lilas Pastia]

It's a latin word so I guess there could be variants. The French pronounce it 'beess'. I've always used 'biss'. How do the Swedes pronounce it ?

[Gurn Blanston]

That's no good; sounds too much like piss.

That's the way I say it though, rhymes with 'piss', and I truly believe that is correct. Nor can I make Basel sound like 'bowel'...