| Word |
Pronunciation |
| Abgenix |
ab JEN ix |
| Accenture |
ak SEN ture (Not "Assenture") |
| Akamai |
AHK uh my |
| Al-Qaeda |
kah EE duh |
| Allergan |
AL uhr gun |
| Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com) |
BAY zohs (Not "Beezos") |
| Richard Boucher |
BOW tchur (Like "ouch") |
| Canal Plus |
kuh NAHL PLOOS (Common useage pronunciation in France) |
| CBS Marketwatch Roster |
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| Chiat Day |
SHY uht DAY |
| Sony Clie |
klee AY |
| Compaq Computer |
COM pak (Not "compact") |
| ConAgra |
kahn AG ra (Like "AGRIculture") |
| Conseco |
kahn SEE ko |
| Credit Suisse First Boston |
SWEES (Not "swiss") |
| Crusoe chip |
CROO soh (Not "cah ROO so") |
| Dae Woo |
DAY WOO (Not "dye woo") |
| Daimler Chrysler |
DIME lur |
| Delphi |
Del fye |
| Deutsche Bank |
DOITSH uh (Not "doitsh") |
| Ehud Barak |
AY hude buh ROCK |
| Eyjafjallajökull |
oyuh FYOTLUH yokuhtl (Or you could just write around it) |
| Gannett |
guh NET |
| Genome |
JEE nome |
| Genomics |
juh NOME iks |
| Gnome (Linux interface) |
guh NOME |
| Hyundai |
HUN day (Rhymes with "Monday") |
| Informix |
in FOR mix |
| Intel |
IN tel (Not "in TEL") |
| Kerr McGee |
rhymes with "her" (Not "care") |
| Lehman Brothers |
LEE mun (Not "Laymun") |
| Linux |
LIH nucks (Short "i") |
| Mac OS X |
oh ess ten (Not "oh ess ex") |
| Peregrine Systems |
PAIR uh grin (Rhymes with "spin") |
| Qatar |
KUH ter (Rhymes with "gutter") |
| Quokka |
KWAH kah (Not "KWOH kah") |
| REIT |
REET (Real Estate Investment Trust) |
| Salomon Smith Barney |
SAHL oh mun (Like King Solomon) |
| SG Cowan |
COW un (Not COH un) |
| Silicon Valley |
SIL ih cahn (Not "silicone") |
| Sotheby's |
SUTH uh beez |
| Terra Haute |
TARE uh hote |
| Thomas Weisel |
WIZE il |
| Unilever |
YOON uh leever |
| Unisys |
YOON uh sis |
| Verizon |
Rhymes with "horizon" |
| Weyerhaeuser |
WAY er how zer |
| Willamette |
wil AM it (Rhymes with "dammit!") |
