Micing...or Miking...or...

[aligreto]

I had cause to write this term today and I was not sure how to spell it. I went for micing because of the mic in microphone.

[Jo498]

I have no clue, but I would prefer "miking" because "micing" sounds like doing something with mice.
As micro/mikro stems from Greek it should have been a k anyway

[aligreto]

Yep, I can see the connection with mice alright 

The Greek origin reference sounds good also 

Thanks for that 

[Parsifal]

I think "mike" is just as common as "mic" for the colloquial abbreviation for microphone, and "miking" is much more common than any alternative. However, I personally would only use the term in speech. In writing I would be inclined to use the unabbreviated term.

[bhodges]

Scarpia has it right, at least according to many grammar guides. Here's one:

http://grammarist.com/spelling/mic-mike/

(PS, in the "Google hints" category, I have had good results with grammar questions by searching using a format similar to this, "Grammar: farther vs. further.")

--Bruce

[(poco) Sforzando]

I think "mike" is just as common as "mic" for the colloquial abbreviation for microphone, and "miking" is much more common than any alternative. However, I personally would only use the term in speech. In writing I would be inclined to use the unabbreviated term.

Since the C is more likely to be pronounced as an S, the forms "mike" and "miking" make most sense for me. I have no problem using the abbreviation in writing if my tone is informal.

[aligreto]

I think "mike" is just as common as "mic" for the colloquial abbreviation for microphone, and "miking" is much more common than any alternative. However, I personally would only use the term in speech. In writing I would be inclined to use the unabbreviated term.

That is just it; I am used to saying it but I have never actually written it down before.

[aligreto]

Scarpia has it right, at least according to many grammar guides. Here's one:

http://grammarist.com/spelling/mic-mike/

(PS, in the "Google hints" category, I have had good results with grammar questions by searching using a format similar to this, "Grammar: farther vs. further.")

--Bruce

Thank you for the link. I like the term to mike up provided in that link.

[aligreto]

Since the C is more likely to be pronounced as an S, the forms "mike" and "miking" make most sense for me. I have no problem using the abbreviation in writing if my tone is informal.

Yes, I think that miking has it.

[Cato]

I have no clue, but I would prefer "miking" because "micing" sounds like doing something with mice.
As micro/mikro stems from Greek it should have been a k anyway

Since the C is more likely to be pronounced as an S, the forms "mike" and "miking" make most sense for me. I have no problem using the abbreviation in writing if my tone is informal.

I think "mike" is just as common as "mic" for the colloquial abbreviation for microphone, and "miking" is much more common than any alternative. However, I personally would only use the term in speech. In writing I would be inclined to use the unabbreviated term.

Excellent and on target!

"To mike up" vs. "to place the microphone on/near/in front of": the former is shorter.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Micing is obviously the plural form of mousing