All, *** Are there _any_ English words that end in "hs" that make a sh sound? *** I can't think of any, but along a similar vein, how about "FAVRE" pronounced as if it were apelled FARVE. As in "Bret Favre" the football player. Regards, Jim -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of M. Adam Davis Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 4:52 PM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [EE] Pronouncing RoHS I've heard several different pronunciations, with "roe-hoss" being the one I hear most frequently and favor. Primarily because it's a slightly less abbreviate version: Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHaS I've heard other people calling it rosh, but that grates on my pronunciation nerves a tiny bit. Are there _any_ English words that end in "hs" that make a sh sound? The other pronunciation I've heard is "rose" but with the soft s as in simple rather than the z of rose and nose. -Adam On 1/28/08, Zik Saleeba wrote: > Is there any conventional way of pronouncing "RoHS"? > > I pronounce it as the letters "arr oh aitch ess". But what's driving > me mad is that a guy where I work is calling it "rosh". He says it > with such style and confidence that other people here are now starting > to imitate him and call it "rosh" too. Do other people call it "rosh" > or is this just something he's made up? > > Cheers, > (Pedantic) Zik > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your > membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moving in southeast Michigan? Buy my house: http://ubasics.com/house/ Interested in electronics? Check out the projects at http://ubasics.com Building your own house? Check out http://ubasics.com/home/ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist