How do you pronounce "BOINC"

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How do you pronounce "BOINC"

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Do you give it a name or just say the letters individually?

I pronounce is like "BYE UN IC"

But after watching a video I think I might be pronouncing it incorrectly. :lol:


Video for reference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNowHJZ07E
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Oink like a pig but with a B in front. I guess I've never heard someone else say it.
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mmonnin wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 8:24 pm Oink like a pig but with a B in front. I guess I've never heard someone else say it.
I was having trouble figuring out how to type it out, but that's how I pronounce it as well. Just based on how it's spelled, never heard anybody say it out loud.
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So its pronounced with a heavy B and K at the end? Thats how the video pronounces it.

Thought I posted the video. Sorry. Its in the first post now. :lol:

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This is how I pronounced it.
Like Bionic. Similar to Bionic Six, the cartoon from the 90s I used to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ4xbMJI8NM&t=12s

No idea why I've always called it "BIONIC" I guess it looked so similar to the cartoon I just kind of stuck. :lol:
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Round these here parts, "boink" was slang for sexual relations. I say BOINC the same way.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boink
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The proper pronunciation is just a bit odd to me so I say "BOE-INK".
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crashtech wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:43 pm Round these here parts, "boink" was slang for sexual relations. I say BOINC the same way.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boink
I say/think it as "boink", hence the last line in my signature on the Anandtech forums.. ;)
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I've always pronounced it Boink. Whenever I mention it to someone the first reaction I always get is "sounds pornographic".
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