How to pronounce SoW debate

[Kengo]

Originally Posted by Sorn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sow and sew are pronounced exactly the same way, so your post confuses me.

Ohhhhh weeeeeeiiiiirrrrddddd, so there's more than one way to say "sow?"

Look at that guys, /thread.

[Sorn]

Originally Posted by Kengo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ohhhhh weeeeeeiiiiirrrrddddd, so there's more than one way to say "sow?"

Look at that guys, /thread.

Admittedly there is, but the other pronunciation is for the noun (a female pig). You were referring to the verb.

[myriverse]

Originally Posted by georgies [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's an acronym there's no pronunciation. Where's that option?

Wrong. By definition, acronyms are pronounced as if they were words.

For example: DNA is not an acronym, because you pronounce it as letters. NASA, however, is pronounced as a complete word, thus acronym.

[12point]

Originally Posted by Deliverator [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I really don't understand why people pronounce SOW as anything other than the actual word sow... English ... do you speak it?

There is absolutely no reason that the sequence of letters S - O - W should be pronounced the same as S - E - W

How is sow pronounced when you sow a field

[Synthlol]

Originally Posted by Deliverator [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I really don't understand why people pronounce SOW as anything other than the actual word sow... English ... do you speak it?

There is absolutely no reason that the sequence of letters S - O - W should be pronounced the same as S - E - W

I'm highly amused that you are criticizing others' grasp of English, but you don't know that 'sow' is also a verb pronounced exactly the same way as 'sew'.

Thanks for providing me with entertainment.

[LaithusFTW]

Originally Posted by Speed3863 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Were having a debate in our guild on how to say SoW....What is the way you all say it...

A. SoW as in bow,row,low
B. SoW as in Cow,now,wow

bow can be pronounced both ways as well!

[mystang89]

If we said SoW like cow we might also be calling for each others female pigs. And although some of us might have no problem with that stuff...... That would just be nasty. So I will stick with Sow as in sew.

[gkmarino]

Got sew? Yes that's how I've always said it.

Some people saw sow like cow, now. Got sow? sounds nasty.

[LoliPops]

this thread is so dum

[Joyelle]

My reasoning for pronouncing it as /soʊ/ (rhymes with go) is this:

The spell is named Spirit of Wolf. You could conceivably shorten it to "Spirit o' Wolf" and therefore the "o" could become the long "o" if you were to shorten that to SOW.

There is no "ah" sound in Spirit of Wolf so it doesn't make sense to me to say it as /saʊ/ (rhymes with cow).