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Hamzter
10-26-2006, 08:45 PM
I've always pronounced it Corr-al (as in the stuff that comes from the sea), and then my lecturer mentioned it today and called it Cor-rell. Have I been pronouncing it wrong all these years?!?
crazytalk
10-26-2006, 09:03 PM
your lecturer had it right
Jinbrown
10-26-2006, 11:38 PM
Yep, Corel is pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable:

CO-REL

CO rhymes with SHOW

REL rhymes with BELL
3dj
10-27-2006, 03:58 AM
Okay guys, so here's another one ... Wacom. I have heard it as WAK - UM and WAKE - EM

Any oone know the official pronunciation?

-Jim
crazytalk
10-27-2006, 04:21 AM
WAK - UM is correct
brenly
10-27-2006, 07:00 AM
Way Kom ... :)
Terro
10-27-2006, 10:54 PM
Kind of like Dot Com
Improv
10-28-2006, 01:57 AM
In a phone conversation several years ago, I asked someone at Wacom how to pronounce their company's name:

Wacom is pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable:

WA-COM

WA rhymes with MA and PA

COM rhymes with GUM and SOME

And I bet that WA-COM stands for Washington Company, since they are located in Vancovuer Washington.
Jinbrown
10-28-2006, 07:02 AM
Okay guys, so here's another one ... Wacom. I have heard it as WAK - UM and WAKE - EM

Any oone know the official pronunciation?

-Jim


In a phone conversation several years ago, I asked someone at Wacom how to pronounce their company's name:

Wacom is pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable:

WA-COM

WA rhymes with MA and PA

COM rhymes with GUM and SOME
Honoo
11-02-2006, 12:02 AM
And I bet that WA-COM stands for Washington Company, since they are located in Vancovuer Washington.

On Wikipedia they said that Wacom is derived from the Japanese symbol for harmony ("wah") and the first syllable of computer ("come").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wacom
3dj
11-02-2006, 04:16 AM
LOL! This turned out to be a great thread!

And so the pronunciation appears to be cleared up, but now ... the origin. Interesting stuff.

-Jim
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