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A pronounced difference

Poll: A pronounced difference (37 member(s) have cast votes)

How do you pronounce SAYC?

  1. say-see (7 votes [18.92%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 18.92%

  2. say-ick (5 votes [13.51%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 13.51%

  3. sake (rhymes with cake) (5 votes [13.51%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 13.51%

  4. ess ay why see (17 votes [45.95%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 45.95%

  5. Standard American Yellow Card (3 votes [8.11%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 8.11%

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#1 User is offline   myprac 

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Posted 2011-December-19, 22:44

Just for fun, wondering how most people pronounce the oft-abbreviated name for this system.
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Posted 2011-December-19, 23:07

There is another term used: "Yellow Card", emphasizing that it is a CARD with rigid pre-set agreements, not really a system which can be built upon and revised.
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Posted 2011-December-19, 23:42

 aguahombre, on 2011-December-19, 23:07, said:

There is another term used: "Yellow Card", emphasizing that it is a CARD with rigid pre-set agreements, not really a system which can be built upon and revised.


Ditto.
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Posted 2011-December-20, 02:52

I always say sahyc (roughly the same sound as in "guy"). Not a native speaker though.
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Posted 2011-December-20, 03:55

spannish spelling... sa as in "sand" (without nd) then "ick".
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Posted 2011-December-20, 03:58

say-see obv
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Posted 2011-December-20, 06:27

Psych

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2011-December-20, 07:50

 Hanoi5, on 2011-December-20, 06:27, said:

Psych

Someone said that to me the other day. It took so long for me to understand what he meant that it would have been much quicker if he hadn't tried to shorten it :)
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Posted 2011-December-20, 08:31

 gordontd, on 2011-December-20, 07:50, said:

Someone said that to me the other day. It took so long for me to understand what he meant that it would have been much quicker if he hadn't tried to shorten it :)


Yes, that happened to me in Russia once, and I didn't know what the guy was trying to say. I think that it is mainly non-native speakers who will pronounce it as an acronym.
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Posted 2011-December-20, 14:43

Hmm, should have included "Yellow Card." Also, I suppose some people say just "Standard American" when they refer to this system though most are aware that that term tends to be used loosely and want to specify SAYC when that is what they mean.
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Posted 2011-December-21, 05:05

We already had this poll in the past...
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Posted 2011-December-21, 19:43

I am surprised s-a-y-c is leading the poll, honestly. Perhaps it's a regional thing... I have almost universally heard "sake", and recall blinking in surprise when I heard someone says "say-cee" for the first time.

Yellow Card is a good option and one well worth including in the poll.
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Posted 2011-December-21, 20:05

Maybe it's pronounced "ess ay why see" when children are around...
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Posted 2011-December-22, 02:30

 Free, on 2011-December-21, 05:05, said:

We already had this poll in the past...


There is never nothing really original. Stuff is always based on something else.

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