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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Investor Alley => Topic started by: Paul der Krake on June 07, 2017, 11:28:41 PM
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I have heard it pronounced both ways.
Explain yourselves.
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I greatly prefer the three syllable individual letter approach. I have no good explanation except I find the eye-ra pronunciation to be grating. Not sure why, as I would pronounce SQL as "sequel," for a counterexample (though I would say MySQL is still "my ess queue ell," so who knows what it all means).
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Both ways? Like era and eye-ra?
Both have some poetic qualities.... Era implying something that (should) last a long time. I-rah more about the individual with high aspirations. And let's not make any mistakes or Err-ra with our investments. :-)
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Both ways? Like era and eye-ra?
Both have some poetic qualities.... Era implying something that (should) last a long time. I-rah more about the individual with high aspirations. And let's not make any mistakes or Err-ra with our investments. :-)
Why would you say era for a word that starts with I, not E? (Era isn't a choice in the poll. I wonder if others say it too.)
(I voted for pronouncing each letter individually. Eye-are-aye)
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I have never, ever heard anyone pronounce it any other way than saying the three initials separately. I. R. A.
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I am not sure why but when people say it "Like Ira, a common jewish name" it makes me cringe. Not sure why it gives me that reaction ha
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Makes me cringe too. I don't like it pronounced that way at all.
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I R A
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I judge people who pronounce it as anything other than EYE ARE AYE
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Wow! It's a landslide! No wonder I like you guys. I cringe when I hear I-reh.
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Too bad the voting is anonymous - now we can't ridicule the minority that pronounce it Ira!
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Not exactly a fit subject for a referendum.
Seems like the subject IRA is an acronym--Individual Retirement Account.
Sometimes acronyms are pronounced as if a synthetic word- if judged euphonious- S.W.A.T. for example.
Other times spoken out as a string of letters-- U.S.A., G.D.R., etc. (etc. is an abbreviation, not an acronym-- spoken as if not abbreviated at all, except occasionally spelled out- no euphony to be found there)
Usage is inconsistent, so it's your choice. No penalty points awarded, either way.
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Who cares how anyone pronounces their R.O.T.H. Ira? ;-)
(It kind of hurt to type that...)
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I pronounce it both ways. I usually use initials EYE ARE AYE (I.R.A.), but when I'm describing something to someone and have to say it many times in a single conversation, at some point I start referring to it as "Ira, a common jewish name".
Not sure why, because I also work with Work Breakdown Structures quite a lot and I want to claw the eyes out of anyone who calls it a "wibis" instead of a "W.B.S" Although I do believe the shortened version of WibSid is acceptable when referring to a WBS ID.
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Who cares how anyone pronounces their R.O.T.H. Ira? ;-)
(It kind of hurt to type that...)
On a slightly more serious note, Roth is the name of a Senator, William Roth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_V._Roth_Jr.), so when people type ROTH like it's an acronym, it's also wrong.
Not as wrong as pronouncing it like Ira, but wrong nonetheless. :)
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Who cares how anyone pronounces their R.O.T.H. Ira? ;-)
(It kind of hurt to type that...)
On a slightly more serious note, Roth is the name of a Senator, William Roth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_V._Roth_Jr.), so when people type ROTH like it's an acronym, it's also wrong.
Not as wrong as pronouncing it like Ira, but wrong nonetheless. :)
Boom. Beat me to it.
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Who cares how anyone pronounces their R.O.T.H. Ira? ;-)
(It kind of hurt to type that...)
On a slightly more serious note, Roth is the name of a Senator, William Roth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_V._Roth_Jr.), so when people type ROTH like it's an acronym, it's also wrong.
(That's the joke)
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Gilligan.
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Who cares how anyone pronounces their R.O.T.H. Ira? ;-)
(It kind of hurt to type that...)
On a slightly more serious note, Roth is the name of a Senator, William Roth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_V._Roth_Jr.), so when people type ROTH like it's an acronym, it's also wrong.
(That's the joke)
I assumed that ROTH is pronounced the same as Roth, but R.O.T.H. in your example was pronounced like Are Oh Tee Ayech.
So you did the ridiculously cringe-worthy Are Oh Tee Ayech Ira. Way worse than just ROTH. Good work, sir!
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You can always count on Arrested Development
http://arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Transcript_of_Best_Man_for_the_Gob
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George: I thought you were talking about Gilligan. Who’s Ira?
Michael: Ira Gilligan. Ira’s his first name. He actually hates to be called Gilligan.
George: Well, he never told me that.
Flashback
George: Gilligan has promised me that all this money will be safe in IRAs.
Ira Gilligan: It’s Ira, sir.
George: Oh, I’m sorry, Gilligan. Will be safe in Ira’s.
Another flashback
George: What the hell is this, Gilligan?
Ira Gilligan: It’s Ira, sir. Please call me I...
George: Gilligan!
End flashbacks
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Who cares how anyone pronounces their R.O.T.H. Ira? ;-)
(It kind of hurt to type that...)
On a slightly more serious note, Roth is the name of a Senator, William Roth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_V._Roth_Jr.), so when people type ROTH like it's an acronym, it's also wrong.
(That's the joke)
I assumed that ROTH is pronounced the same as Roth, but R.O.T.H. in your example was pronounced like Are Oh Tee Ayech.
So you did the ridiculously cringe-worthy Are Oh Tee Ayech Ira. Way worse than just ROTH. Good work, sir!
Thank you for so thoroughly explaining my joke. Good work, ma'am!
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eye-rah
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eye-rah
We got one!
Seize him!
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Like the jewish name, of course. One less syllable to deal with. ;)
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I've never heard anyone refer to it as anything other than I - R - A, but if I did I'd correct them condescendingly. :)
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Four-Oh-One-Kay ... Four-Hundred-One-Kay ... or maybe I can start a new shorthand slang: Four-Oh-Wunk ;^)
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Both ways? Like era and eye-ra?
Both have some poetic qualities.... Era implying something that (should) last a long time. I-rah more about the individual with high aspirations. And let's not make any mistakes or Err-ra with our investments. :-)
Why would you say era for a word that starts with I, not E? (Era isn't a choice in the poll. I wonder if others say it too.)
(I voted for pronouncing each letter individually. Eye-are-aye)
Yeah, I was taking liberty with the question. And I did not see the poll when I answered and I did not realize the question was whether people preferred to spell it out or pronounce it as a word.
I think it all depends on context. One often hears I.R.A pronounced as the word ira as it has become very common when discussing retirement planning and often flows better in cases where it would get tiresome to repeatedly say I.R.A or Individual Retirement Account. But I.R.A. has symmetry with 401K.
To add to the confusion I think it is more common to hear sep-ira or sep-I.R.A. instead of S.E.P.
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I never heard it pronounced any way except for each letter stated individually; I-R-A.
I spent like 5 minutes saying "eye-rah" and "ere-rah" and they sound totally weird.
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To counter that, I rarely here anyone state it as I-R-A.
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