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Well researched, but saying "dram" over and over instead of "dee ram" makes my eye twitch.
by TheFrisbeeNinja 4y ago
Well researched, but saying "dram" over and over instead of "dee ram" makes my eye twitch.
- bliteben 4y agoOh, I didn't even watch the video. I guess there does seem to be a new breed of blogs that have videos mirroring their articles. I am just glad they also have written articles.
- TheFrisbeeNinja 4y agoI'm with you on that, written articles > videos any day of the week.
- dylan604 4y agohow many drams of whiskey to make an ounce?
- kken 4y agoHe keeps doing it despite frequent complaints. Troll-marketing?
- nosianu 4y agoAt university, many years ago, one lecturer referred to the BUSY pin signal on a chip as the "bus ypsilon" signal. English was his third language, as an East German German first, then Russian second, so we did not think it was a joke, and that was in East Germany only a few years after reunification so his English practice probably was lacking at the time. I don't think anybody ever corrected him the entire semester.
- Sakos 4y agoI suspect it's just a cultural thing. He lives in Taipei and clearly isn't a native speaker. I don't get why people get so bent out of shape over something so insignificant.
- moreati 4y agoI'm a British english speaker, I pronounce it dram. I didn't know there are people who pronounce it D-RAM.
- hmcdona1 4y agoIt's typically pronounced D-RAM I assume because RAM is already it's own common acronym people were/are familiar with. DRAM is just a specific type of RAM, Dynamic RAM, hence D-RAM.
- jaak 4y agoOut of curiosity, would you pronounce S-RAM as sram?
- moosedev 4y agoAnd how about SDRAM?
- stordoff 4y agoI'm also a British English speaker, and I almost always hear "D-RAM". It's been a while since I'm encountered someone using "Dram". On the other hand, I've always said "Prom" instead of "P-ROM" (for programmable ROM). I've never considered why there is a difference.
- nsteel 4y agoI have the same credentials but I've never encountered anyone pronouncing it as dram. Only D-RAM and S-RAM etc. Although the bike brand SRAM is pronounced as sram, which is fun.
- jamiek88 4y agoFourth Brit chiming in to say I’ve only heard ‘dram’ in the context of booze. Dee-ram, essdee-ram etc for random access memory.
- renewiltord 4y agoDramcorp requires you to stay on brand.