Please tell me how to pronounce WHOIS?

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Mon Aug 29 21:04:44 UTC 2005


I'm Ted Jones Dammit!!! wrote:

>The most obvious way, it seems, is "Who is?", since that is obviously
>where the term comes from.
>
>However I have also heard people prounounce it as a one syllable word,
>that kind of rhymes with "Joyce" or "Voice" -> "woyce" or "woice".
>
>which one is correct?
>
Well, I usually pronounce it so that it rhymes with "throatwarbler 
mangrove", but of course that's just a personal preference; you're free 
to pronounce it any way you'd like...

                                                                         
                           - Kevin




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