IRROPS (how to pronounce)
Jun 19, 2019, 11:09 am
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IRROPS (how to pronounce)
Might be addressed elsewhere but with IRROPS, how does one say this aloud? Speak the individual letters or pronounce it like a word?
Jun 19, 2019, 11:18 am
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Jun 19, 2019, 9:14 pm
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Originally Posted by
abmj-jr
I just say ear-ahps.
Not I-rops? Ear-aphs is probably right.
Jun 19, 2019, 9:57 pm
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given that IROPS / IRROPS is short for “Irregular Operations” it would seem that the pronunciation of the first syllable should indeed be “ear”
Jun 20, 2019, 12:11 am
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Just as it looks - irr ops. If you say "ear" for the first syllable it appears only one nationality will understand you.
Jun 20, 2019, 1:49 am
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Originally Posted by
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Just as it looks - irr ops. If you say "ear" for the first syllable it appears only one nationality will understand you.
Would that be the same nationality that pronounces the Central American nation - 'Coast-a Rica' ?
Jun 20, 2019, 1:57 am
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Jun 20, 2019, 2:00 am
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Originally Posted by
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Would that be the same nationality that pronounces the Central American nation - 'Coast-a Rica' ?
Would that be the nationality that pronounces the classic 16th century novel "Don Quick-sote by Sir Vantees?"
Enquiring minds want to know!
Jun 20, 2019, 12:13 pm
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I say ear-rohps, my boss, a professor and the lead on our IRROPS project says eye-rohps...so I guess I'm going to have to defer to her judgement...
Jun 20, 2019, 4:52 pm
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You could always tell your boss that we said she is wrong. Let us know how that works out.
Jun 21, 2019, 1:33 pm
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I know "ear" is more logical, but I've always said it as "eye".
Jun 23, 2019, 12:46 am
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Why not just use a real word like "delayed" or "cancelled"?
Jun 23, 2019, 2:14 am
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Or, indeed, just say something which will be understood by all, such as "messed up", or its near cousin beginning with an "f".
Jun 23, 2019, 10:48 am
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What about reading the Iliad on your iPad at the IHOP during IRROPS?
Jun 23, 2019, 5:01 pm
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I say irregular operations, disrupted trip, or delayed/canceled flight.
