SoW: How do you say it?

[Droxx]

How do you say SoW?

[Shannacore]

BEST POLL EVAR

[Landis]

rhymes with cow

[Shannacore]

rhymes with cow

ding ding ding

[Qaedain]

It should probably be S-Oh (as in you reap what you sow), but I've always said "S-Ow," and it's unlikely to change.

[Nikon]

rhymes with cow

+1 :D

[Stickyfingers]

I say S-Oh, just because S-Ow is really lame to say and it sounds like I have a Bovine fetish.

[nilbog]

I voted s-oh

sounds like I have a Bovine fetish.

You mean swine fetish? :)

[Aeolwind]

Pronounced the same as "So". Out of all 13ish of my RL friends that played (locally), only 1 of them called it s-ow. Was strange, even my guildmates in Detroit, Utah, and even Cali all called it "so". Only knew the 1 guy out of that.

[Stickyfingers]

I voted s-oh



You mean swine fetish? :)

Yeh, good call on that shit.

[guineapig]

Everyone I ever played with before coming to this server pronounced it "so".
Well at least the ones who's voices I heard.

[Shannacore]

For the two who voted "other"... wtf?

[Landis]

For the two who voted "other"... wtf?
i had a friend who said each letter ("es oh double-u"). yes he was weird.

[Mleh]

For the two who voted "other"... wtf?

"s-ew", or "wolf me" perhaps?

btw, if you don't pronounce it s-oh, your wrong... go play your Pal-adin or Shay-man and "kwa kwa".

[Qaedain]

Uh, what's wrong with Pal-adin? Are you implying Pal-uh-din or Pal-ay-din with that?

[Omnimorph]

ooh, i like this poll type thing. How about Qeynos... i used to pronounce it Qway-noss. but then i played eq2 with voices and shit and it turns out it's pronounced key-noss. Way to ruin it for me eq2!

[Mleh]

Uh, what's wrong with Pal-adin? Are you implying Pal-uh-din or Pal-ay-din with that?

Both are chalk board scratching wrong. "Puh-la-din" is correct

[Mmohunter]

s-ow , but I say SEW to piss of Droxx in vent.

[Bogart]

s-oh is the obvious choice because sow takes so much more effort to say. And pa-ladin is the wrong way to say paladin.

[Droxx]

s-ow , but I say SEW to piss of Droxx in vent.

It's true, he does it.

[ir0nfist]

Both are chalk board scratching wrong. "Puh-la-din" is correct

Actually, you are wrong. It's pronounced Pal-uh-din.

[Mleh]

Actually, you are wrong. It's pronounced Pal-uh-din.

I think-o'd on that one. You are correct.

[Taxi]

Ever since i was asked by some nooblet "Could i get feet of the wolf sir?" I call it... feet of the wolf!

[Erasong]

i wants wolfs feets!

[xshayla701]

s-ow, cause when i started this game that's how my bf pronounced it
pal-uh-din, ^same
kay-nose

idk how to spell those phonetically lol

[Shannacore]

i wants wolfs feets!

Why is this familiar

[Pyrocat]

I called it S-oh for all of EQ live. Then I played P1999 and got vent. It's now S-ow. Just more fun to say, imo.

[guineapig]

Since it's spelled s-o-w it should be pronounced like the actual word.

Like you reap what you sow.

Sow the seeds.

Pretty self explanatory.

[Toony]

SOO

[Xenephex]

Since it's spelled s-o-w it should be pronounced like the actual word.

Like you reap what you sow.

Sow the seeds.

Pretty self explanatory.
But... there's also an actual word that is pronounced s-ow, as in a female pig.

Which makes your post a little bit ironic, guineapig.

Also, if you pronounce it like the noun, there is no room for confusion as to what word you mean, whereas if you pronounce it like the verb, you could just as well mean 'sew', or 'so'.

So, I pronounce it like the pig. I think that sews it up.

[guineapig]

But... there's also an actual word that is pronounced s-ow, as in a female pig.
Which makes your post a little bit ironic, guineapig.


You got me there... :o

I just figured since people use it as a verb all the time: "SoW me please"
it made more sense.

[Kainzo]

BEST POLL EVAR

how do you pronounce evar?

I've always said, S-oh, but then again, i've had friends say S-ow

[Shannacore]

how do you pronounce evar?

I've always said, S-oh, but then again, i've had friends say S-ow

Ev ARRRR

[guineapig]

Ev ARRRR

I honestly thought the "R" was silent.

[Aldon]

We say sow as in "sow the wild oats" at my house. Of all the EQers I've met in real life, only my friends from upstate NY pronounced it like the word cow.

[Merllin]

I say sow as in cow, but i was probably 11 years old when i started saying it, so i am probably wrong.

[Branaddar]

"s-ow" to me is a female pig, so I always said "s-oh" or "sew" or however you want to spell it.

Then again, I also called Qeynos "kway-nohss," when my wife informed me it's "Key-nohss." And a number of other mispronunciations she has leet insider knowledge of.

[Zordana]

ooh, i like this poll type thing. How about Qeynos... i used to pronounce it Qway-noss. but then i played eq2 with voices and shit and it turns out it's pronounced key-noss. Way to ruin it for me eq2!

hahaha same here, but for me it is and always will be Qway-noss =)

[Zordana]

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paladin
--> /ˈpælədɪn/

[HippoNipple]

nerds

[Messianic]

I always felt "So" could easily be confused with the word So in conversation, so I started saying "s-ow" to be more distinctive...It does feel kind of odd to say s-ow though...

[zs3000]

Pronounced the same as "So". Out of all 13ish of my RL friends that played (locally), only 1 of them called it s-ow. Was strange, even my guildmates in Detroit, Utah, and even Cali all called it "so". Only knew the 1 guy out of that.

I have had the exact opposite experiance. Been in several guilds in live, team speak and Vent, and have been on a few vents on EQemu, and have never heard anyone refur to it as "So" and always heard "s-ow"

This forum is actually the first time I've ever heard of it as anything other than "s-ow" since I've been playing for a decade

[Hasbinbad]

"s-ew", or "wolf me" perhaps?

btw, if you don't pronounce it s-oh, your wrong... go play your Pal-adin or Shay-man and "kwa kwa".

Uh, what's wrong with Pal-adin? Are you implying Pal-uh-din or Pal-ay-din with that?

Both are chalk board scratching wrong. "Puh-la-din" is correct

s-oh is the obvious choice because sow takes so much more effort to say. And pa-ladin is the wrong way to say paladin.

Actually, you are wrong. It's pronounced Pal-uh-din.

s-ow, cause when i started this game that's how my bf pronounced it
pal-uh-din, ^same
kay-nose

idk how to spell those phonetically lol

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paladin
--> /ˈpælədɪn/
HIS NAAAAAME ISSSSSS <<<KINBUUUURT>>> HE'S A PUH-LAAAAA-DINNNN, AND HE HAS COOOME TOOO TAAAKE UUUUUHHH-GROOOOOOOWWW!!

HIS NAAAAAME ISSSSSS <<<KINBUUUURT>>> HE'S A PUH-LAAAAA-DINNNN, HIS JOB IS TO TOOO TAAAKE UUUUUHHH-GROOOOOOOWWW!!

YES YOU MIGHT FIIND HIM IN INN-AHH-THOOL, LAKE RAY-THEE OR KWAAAAY-NOOOOSSSS, BUT WHEREVER, YOU DO FIND HIM, HE WILL BE TAKING UHHH-GROOOOOOW!!!

HIS NAAAAAME ISSSSSS <<<KINBUUUURT>>> HE'S A PUH-LAAAAA-DINNNN, AND HE HAS COOOME TOOO TAAAKE UUUUUHHH-GROOOOOOOWWW!!

[Durison]

straight up - S-OW

[Salvelinus]

It's like when I mow the grass.

Mow is to mo as sow is to so.

[Vanech]

sow = s-ow
qeynos = quay-nose
paladin = pal-uh-din

[Beau]

S-oh, just like
B-oh, or
Thr-oh, or
Sh-oh

The list goes on... S-ow just sounds too.... Well... not good.

[Loke]

S-ow also. Since it is an acroynm - I just pronounce the first letter of every word as it sounds in that word.

S-pirit
O-f
W-wolf

So yea, S-ow. Actually that is a bunch of BS - I just say S-ow because that was the first thing that came to mind.. kind of like Cow.

[Loke]

yea.. W-wolf... go me. It's early, shut up.

[xplodr]

I have had the exact opposite experiance. Been in several guilds in live, team speak and Vent, and have been on a few vents on EQemu, and have never heard anyone refur to it as "So" and always heard "s-ow"

This forum is actually the first time I've ever heard of it as anything other than "s-ow" since I've been playing for a decade

^ this is pure truth. I too have never heard of it being pronounced anyway other than sow (cow) in all my days of playing EQ live since 2000.

[Dac321]

s-oh ftw

Here is a weird one... how about pronouncing soccor (teleport back to the zone ent)
soc-core or ive heard it pronounced soccer...

[Droxx]

s-oh ftw

Here is a weird one... how about pronouncing soccor (teleport back to the zone ent)
soc-core or ive heard it pronounced soccer...

I've always said "Susser".

[Humerox]

S-oh.

Just sounds cooler imho. S-ow always reminds me of pigs.
On live it depended on the server, really. Some servers were majority S-ow, some S-oh.

[Beau]

S-ow also. Since it is an acroynm - I just pronounce the first letter of every word as it sounds in that word.

S-pirit
O-f
W-wolf

So yea, S-ow. Actually that is a bunch of BS - I just say S-ow because that was the first thing that came to mind.. kind of like Cow.


I went ahead and used Dictionary.com to help sound things out.

S- Spirit -  [Spir-it]

O- of - [uhv, ov; unstressed uhv or, especially before consonants, uh]

W- Wolf - [woolf]

Cow- [kou]

So then By your logic... It would be S-uh-w- which when you speed it up and say it all together it sounds much more like -S-oh. Not [Sou]

[hueylewis187]

sow , cow , bow , plow

my friends pronounce it soh though I I think they are wrong since it is an acronym.

[hueylewis187]

But it should just be . S. O . W. like P . O . W.

a female pig is a SOW.

Farmer sow "SEW" their fields.

[Messianic]

Let's all debate the pronunciation of an acronym...It's cruise control for cool.


:)

[Mournblade]

s-oh ftw

Here is a weird one... how about pronouncing soccor (teleport back to the zone ent)
soc-core or ive heard it pronounced soccer...

suck-or.

[Loretta]

suck-or.

Agreed - And also S-Oh like to Sew.

[Beau]

s-oh ftw

Here is a weird one... how about pronouncing soccor (teleport back to the zone ent)
soc-core or ive heard it pronounced soccer...

I pronounced it - Suck-or too.. being as it was spelled Succor.

[Humerox]

Actually that's a real word with a real definition and pronunciation.

It's pronounced "sucker". Like a lollipop.

[Allied10]

Microsoft Anna Text to Speech says 'S-Ow', and who am I to say they're wrong.

[Droxx]

Microsoft Anna Text to Speech says 'S-Ow', and who am I to say they're wrong.

/thread

[Droxx]

2 year bump! What do new people think?

[Goofier]

Is it Spirit OF the Wolf (think of the word offer)
or is it Spirit OV the Wolf (think of the word over)
It's OF, people, not OV, therefore S OW

[Asfasfos]

SoU

[Heavydrop]

I say S-Oh, just because S-Ow is really lame to say and it sounds like I have a Bovine fetish.

Bovine=cows not pigs
(sow=female pig)

But if you do secretly have a bovine fetish, I hear WoW has a cow race
;)
All in good fun

[azeth]

S-oh

Pal-uh-din

[Messianic]

The fact that so many people say it like the name for an adult female swine pisses me off.

[Breeziyo]

rhymes with cow

But that's wrong and you should feel bad.

[Loly Taa]

SEW

[Everlove]

It's one of those terms I could never bring myself to say in vent... been asked it a lot since I mostly played a shaman on live for years... When I've ever had to ask for it... I can't think of a single time I've said anything but "dude, gimme wolf or spirit of the wolf"... just felt too damn lame saying anything else. /shrug.

[Messianic]

SEW SEW SEW - NOT SOW as in SOUR

[Daldolma]

i have a strong opinion on this matter, presidential candidates plz weigh in thx

[Alawen]

I have SoW in real life.

[Cecily]

Knix used drive me absolutely with s-ow.

[Asher]

When you are saying it, you should be saying Spirit of the Wolf.

Do you also say OMG, LMAO, and LOL?

Asher

[Nirgon]

Seems like a lot of southern people say it would rhyme with cow.

People who know how to speak like a functional human being say "so". Like you reap what you sow, exactly.

[Orruar]

How now brown cow

[Droxx]

if you say sew you're dumber than fucking palin you stupid fucking dumb person you dont even deserve to play this game fuck

[Diggles]

spirit of wolf

s-puh-eer-ih-t uh-ve w-uh-l-fuh

[nilbog]

I voted s-oh



sounds like I have a Bovine fetishYou mean swine fetish? :)

[nilbog]

So when you say tow..

[SamwiseBanned]

ive said s-ow since i can remember. no idea why just sounds right

[Yagebasto]

bow?
show?
row?
mow?
riekerz=tard

[Droxx]

bow?
show?
row?
mow?
riekerz=tard

the first one can go either way. bad lead off imo.

[Knuckle]

Pronounced the same as "So". Out of all 13ish of my RL friends that played (locally), only 1 of them called it s-ow. Was strange, even my guildmates in Detroit, Utah, and even Cali all called it "so". Only knew the 1 guy out of that.

s-ow are faggots and left handed

[Maddox]

At work a Statement of Work (SoW) is almost always pronounced S-Ow (cow)... I've always said it that way also. I've also never heard it pronounced S-Oh by anyone... ever.

[Nirgon]

Reiker I'm not even getting into this with you bud

[Misto]

SOH

because I never know when to end the w in anything ending in -ow

[Nirgon]

A pig can be know as a s-ow.

[Grahm]

never even knew people ever called it s-ow. just 100% wrong. u literally have to think and takes 2x as much work to put that emphasis on ow. i aint tryin 2 lose calories here u fuckers

[Diggles]

never even knew people ever called it s-ow. just 100% wrong. u literally have to think and takes 2x as much work to put that emphasis on ow. i aint tryin 2 lose calories here u fuckers

a+s