how to pronounce "psion"
Craig McInnes
In fact while I'm in a silly mood, does psion stand for anything.
If not, would anyone as silly, or more so, than me like to
give any fun suggestions.
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David J Clarke
> A friend suggested its pronounced "sion".
My wife calls it two things, one of which is not polite
but sounds like psion
and the other of which is 'your brain'.
Hmm. I keep it in a belt holster now so she can't
say I keep my brain in my trousers......
Dave Clarke
Olivetti Research Limited
Cambridge
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Craig McInnes
: and the other of which is 'your brain'.
This "brain" quote gives me an idea.
The psion is the Plastic Substitute for Intelligently Organized Neurons :-)
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Craig (cmci...@memex.co.uk)
NORMALITY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
We pronounce it Piss-eye-on. HO HO ;-)
Mathew D. Hendry
: In article <3o2hou$4...@mxgate.memex.co.uk>, cmci...@memex.co.uk (Craig McInnes) writes:
: > David J Clarke (d...@cam-orl.co.uk) wrote:
: > : and the other of which is 'your brain'.
: >
: > This "brain" quote gives me an idea.
: >
: > The psion is the Plastic Substitute for Intelligently Organized Neurons :-)
: We pronounce it Piss-eye-on. HO HO ;-)
In Geordie parlance it might be "Pissy-yen" (Pissy one).
Isn't Psion derived from the Greek letter psi? If so it should be pronounced
as it's spelt.
My father always thought it very witty to call my old ZX Spectrum a
"Scrotum", but then he's a doctor, and should be humoured, really...
--Mat.
peterh@unipalm.co.uk@unipalm.co.uk
The 'P' in PSION stands for 'Potter' (aka known as David Potter ;-),
I think the 'S' was for Scientific, but it's been a while, I can't remember it
completely (and I never stored it in an Organiser ;-)
Kind regards, /// Peter ///
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Mike Jipping
>In fact while I'm in a silly mood, does psion stand for anything.
>If not, would anyone as silly, or more so, than me like to
>give any fun suggestions.
Hey, I can come up with those too! :-)
This was batted around a bit ago, and here are some quotes from back
then:
From tdo...@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Tom Dolbilin)
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 15:34:09 -500 GMT
> Quoting Colly Myers:
>
> "Originally the company was to be called PSI for Potter Scientific
> Investments. However that name had already been registered so the ON was
> added. No seems to know how the ON got added anymore but it was probably as
> simple as "it sounded best".
From tapp...@aston.ac.uk (Graham Tappenden)
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 08:37:38 GMT
> I came across this some time ago. In 'Electronic World News (Europe)',
> February 22nd, 1993, pp.13-14, has an article on the origins of Psion.
> In it, it states <<David Potter founded Psion in 1980. The unusual
> company name was coined from "Potter Scientific Investments.">>
Also, the little glyphs that hover over the letters in the logo are
simply "cut up" portions of each letter, restacked!
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Ken Tindell
: A friend suggested its pronounced "sion".
The "p" in Psion is silent, like the "p" in bath...
Kenneth Newton
(using American phonetics, of course).
Psion actually uploaded the correct pronounciation to Compuserve in a
.WVE file.
Ah, but what does it mean? Same thing as Haagen-Dazs?
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David Rushall
>Also, the little glyphs that hover over the letters in the logo are
>simply "cut up" portions of each letter, restacked!
I quite liked their old logo - the ringed planet and moon. It looked great
on the old games for Sinclair machines - but I guess the image isn't right
these days.
Anyone else noticed the similarity between the Psion logo and the
Rumbelows logo that is rapidly disappearing from the high street?
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Any opinions I express are personal views.
Graham Tappenden
>> Quoting Colly Myers:
>>
>> "Originally the company was to be called PSI for Potter Scientific
>> Investments. However that name had already been registered so the ON was
>> added. No seems to know how the ON got added anymore but it was probably as
>> simple as "it sounded best".
I just wondered if the ON came from the second letters?
ie. POtter Scientific INvestments gives P S I then O c N
just drop the 'c'.
(but I don't actually know)
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: In <3o63ln$5...@hydra.cs.hope.edu>, jip...@cs.hope.edu (Mike Jipping) writes:
: >Also, the little glyphs that hover over the letters in the logo are
: >simply "cut up" portions of each letter, restacked!
: I quite liked their old logo - the ringed planet and moon. It looked great
: on the old games for Sinclair machines - but I guess the image isn't right
: these days.
: Anyone else noticed the similarity between the Psion logo and the
: Rumbelows logo that is rapidly disappearing from the high street?
I think Rumbelows has just been bought by the German company Escom, the
same company that just bought Commodore International. Maybe they're
after Psion next...
--Mat.
Graham Tappenden
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In article <3o75sh$f...@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu>, ken...@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu (Kenneth Newton) says:
>Psion actually uploaded the correct pronounciation to Compuserve in a
>.WVE file.
But, whilst trying not to be _too_ picky, not all countries pronounce 'Psion' the same way.
Germany is an excellent example of this. This was demonstrated by David Elder in the BBCtv programme
"Germany Means Business" (Part One: The Frankfurt Contenders).
First shown in January 1993 (and since repeated), it shows the launch of the Series3 in Germany (where it is
known as Serie3), and includes the choice of an advertising agency, and a presentation of the product
to Kaufhof.
Some of the stills and dialogue can also be found in the BBC Book "German Means Business", intended
for those how want to learn Business German.
Some audio examples (Making an appointment on the phone and the Kaufhof Presentation) are also
on the accompanying cassette.
Graham
Stephen Davies
>David Rushall (drus...@vnet.ibm.com) wrote:
>I think Rumbelows has just been bought by the German company Escom, the
>same company that just bought Commodore International. Maybe they're
>after Psion next...
The _German_ company Escom? Don't you mean the _South African_
"Electricity Supply Commission"...?
Actually, to be fair, round here its Eskom...
Hmm... Not sure why I posted this.
Steve
David Griffin
> Psion actually uploaded the correct pronounciation to Compuserve in a
> .WVE file.
>
The rumour round here is that it came from Potter Scientific
Instruments, to give the "PSI" and they added the "ON" to round it off
into a sort of "word". (It's a bit like why my company's called what it
is. :-) )
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