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Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:57 pm
by DMB2000uk
I've met a couple of people who claim to know a fair bit about computers but pronounce vista as "vee-stah"(!)

I think they don't know how to say it :mrgreen:

How do you guys all pronounce it?

Dan

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:59 pm
by dicecca112
vista like the dictionary word http://www.answers.com/topic/vista

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:43 pm
by ibleet
Hah! Vee-stah? You're right, they don't know how to say it. :mrgreen:

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:42 pm
by DaIceMan
Try owning a Scion (sigh-on)... but you be amazed at how many people say sky-on. duh.

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:15 am
by Zelig
Vis-tah, like Lin-ux.

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:33 am
by Amy
I think I used to say vee-stah, but that's because the word looked like a Latin-based word to me...I think being around Illuminati, I've unconciously switched to saying Vis-tah.

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:31 am
by Illuminati
I actually have a hard time saying Vis-tah.... but that's what you hear on commercials...

I personally relate it to the spanish word vista (view).... and that is pronounced vee-stah. So that is why so many are pronouncing it that way... So, in effect, I think M$ doesn't know how to pronounce their own product! :shock:

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:52 am
by Bio-Hazard
LOL........I try to aviod saying it as much as possible, except for when I'm removing it from clients rigs............... :mrgreen:

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:06 am
by Darkstar
LOL>>>>Hasta-la-vee-stah sounds about right.....during a wipe before re-installing XP

:drinkers:

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:52 pm
by vicaphit
Yeah, the english word is pronounced vis-tah, as dicecca has already noted

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:01 am
by Darkstar
Yes, but its a Trademark and therefore can be pronounced (or said to be) any way Microsoft wants too.
:drinkers:

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:48 am
by tomato
Vis-tah FTW ;)

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:07 pm
by Alathald
I believe it's supposed to be pronounced vis-tah but I pronounce it vee-stah because I have a slight speech impediment (I stutter) and, as Illuminati pointed out, vee-stah just rolls off the tongue easier... :dunno:

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:54 pm
by The Black Pumpkin
I call it Vis-tah because frankly, I'm not Italian! (No offense meant to Italians!)

Try saying Vis-tah with an Italian accent, it's Vee-stah! Just something I noticed...

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:00 pm
by w00fd06
I suppose you can safely call it vis-tah, Dan, judging by the votes, and Bill Gates. If you look at some interviews with Gates, he pronounces vista vis-tah.

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:53 am
by pcrobot
Whenever I hear vee-stah it's from people who are pretty computer illiterate. I say it vis-tah each and every time. :)

Re: Vis-tah or Vee-stah

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:19 am
by zachig
Voted for Vis-tah, although one should just pronounce it as "Shi-t" :lol: (jk... :mrgreen: )

Actually, it is far from "perfect" OS, but I'm currently have the VISTA Ultimate installed and I got over most of its bug already... :)