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Nobody likes having their name mispronounced, but if the way you spell your name is a bit ambiguous, would you be willing to fork over $10,000 to get people to pronounce it correctly? That's what Asus is doing. The PC parts maker is asking fans to upload creative videos with the topic "Say Asus" that teach people the correct pronunciation, and it's giving away $10,000 in prizes to the best ones. Asus posted a couple of its own videos, including a rather funny one with Bruce Lee.
So everyone's clear, Asus is pronounced "ey soos." Some common mispronunciations include "ah soos," "ah sis," and "ey sis." Have a look at how Bruce Lee does it (nunchucks are optional):
In case there's still any doubt, here's another:
Everyone savvy? Good, now go upload your own and win some groovy gear! The contest is vaild until February 6, 2013, and there are some terms and conditions you'll need be aware of, all of which can be found on Asus' Facebook contest page.
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kitsunekaji
December 20, 2012 at 7:13am
Funny, I ALWAYS said "ey soos" from day one. It sounded strange any other way.
Granite
December 19, 2012 at 4:06pm
Cool!!
Now I can go back to my local computer shop and make fun of the guys there when they say Ah-soos.
froggz
December 19, 2012 at 3:56pm
let that be a lesson to everyone trying to pick a name for a company. If the village idiot can't pronounce it correctly, then pick another name. I don't hear anybody mispronouncing Apple, microsoft, honda, toyota, Dell, etc.
For the record, I own way too much stuff made by Aysoos.
pastorbob
December 19, 2012 at 2:30pm
I guess I should learn how to pronounce it correctly since I own four of their motherboards and one of their monitors. Not to mention I'm saving my nickels for a Transformer TF300 10.1" tablet.
John Pombrio
December 19, 2012 at 1:51pm
Whoa, in the second video, they are definitely singing A-sis in the middle instead of A-sus. Oops.
harz3000gt
December 19, 2012 at 12:29pm
I always called it "Ey-soos" anyhow, but because these ads were so poorly done I've resolved to calling it anything but.
badgerspit
December 19, 2012 at 12:26pm
OK, first...that's NOT ACTUALLY BRUCE LEE.
Second, it's really pretty stupid and not funny at all.
Article=Misleading/Disappointing
Me=Sad
Philippe Lemay
December 19, 2012 at 10:40am
I thought the name was based off "Pegasus", so I always say it "eh-suh-ss".
kiaghi7
December 19, 2012 at 6:58pm
Indeed, I will never say it how they want it to be said -NOW- because I fondly remember when it was "ACE-us" or "A-sus" if you prefer...
It reminds me of a silly ad campaign a while back where some idiots (presumably with the forestry service in some way) were trying to reinvent "Smokey The Bear" as "Smokey Bear", and their angle was that ONLY "Smokey Bear" was to be an acceptable name for him... Even producing insulting commercials suggesting anyone calling him by his original name was basically stupid.
To which I and many many others pointed out dozens of books, toys, even sing-a-long records and so forth products from the earliest days of Smokey THE Bear, that clearly called him as such... Needless to say that dumb ad campaign went quietly into the night when people of my generation smiled politely at their demands, and merely replied "NO".
joshnorem
December 19, 2012 at 11:42am
That is what it was originally, before Acer came into being. I used to work for Asus, we had a whole training on this :)
Ledoubleu
December 19, 2012 at 10:02am
My Girfriend pronunsticates it "Ass-ooze". Maybe now I can finally convince her!
savage4naves
December 19, 2012 at 10:42am
If you have something oozing from your ass you should get that checked out ;)
John Pombrio
December 19, 2012 at 10:42am
LOL, as good as any...
at HP, I was once once announced by a receptionist as " the guy from Hewlett Packing Company is here".Me, I have always said "A-sis" to myself. Like THAT was a word that came up in conversation all the time...
