Please tell me how to pronounce WHOIS?

Robert Cates robert at kormar.net
Mon Aug 29 20:42:36 UTC 2005


"Who-is" is actually correct!

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Subject: Please tell me how to pronounce WHOIS?


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?






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