Just for fun... ISO/ISO?

[bazooka]

Eye So for me, but I don't know any photographers. And I don't see myself changing. It blows my mind that most people actually spell it out... that just doesn't make sense to me.

Thought about it for a few minutes and I suppose a possible reason to spell it out would be to avoid confusing it with the prefix iso which isn't related to ISO. Still not gonna change.

 

[KmH]

And ISO is an actual word?

iso definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta

That iso is not the same as the ISO the thread is about.

The ISO this thread is about is an international standards organization, widely known as ISO, headquarted in France - The International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Back in the day film speed was standardized in the US by the ASA (American Standards Association, now the American National Standards Institute, ANSI) until the ASA became the ANSI in 1966.

 

[Josh66]

And ISO is an actual word?

iso definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta

That iso is not the same as the ISO the thread is about.

The ISO this thread is about is an international standards organization, widely known as ISO, headquarted in France - The International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I know that... I didn't say it was. I just said that it was a real word, so 'saying' it instead of spelling out the letters wasn't really that big of a stretch.

Someone said that ISO didn't spell a real word, I pointed out that it does.

 

[o hey tyler]

How do you say NBA, NHL, NAACP, AAA, FDA, NFL, CDC, HDMI, TTL, and so on? Just out of curiosity.

Out of curiosity myself, how do you say "AAA" - "A-A-A" or "Triple A"? Often acronyms are chosen specifically to roll off the tongue like LASER...pronouncing every letter is not necessarily the proper way.

I might give you that if we were talking about the International Standards Organization itself, then "I-S-O" may be more correct. But what we're really talking about is "a representative scale produced to the standards of the International Standards Organization", so just calling it ISO is already being lazy. A widespread, commonly accepted laziness perhaps, but still laziness.

(Can you tell I'm in the camp of "eye-so"? And that I like playing Devil's Advocate?)

We are talking about the International Standards Organization. That's what ISO stands for. Just as Film Speed was referred to as ASA (American Standards Association). Did you ever check the "assah" of your film before you put it in your camera? Or was it "A-S-A"?

 

[Helen B]

The point that I was trying to make earlier is that the organisation is not called the 'International Standards Organization' so its initials aren't ISO. ISO was chosen by them as a name to represent them. This isn't my opinion, it is what ISO says:

"Because "International Organization for Standardization" would have different acronyms in different languages ("IOS" in English, "OIN" in French for Organisation internationale de normalisation), its founders decided to give it also a short, all-purpose name. They chose "ISO", derived from the Greek isos, meaning "equal". Whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of the organization's name is always ISO."

Best,
Helen

 

[Drake]

I am no English native but I'd say eye-es-oh.

But I live in Poland, and here it's more like ee-so.

 

[Trever1t]

I say ISO (eye-soh) and so does everyone in the manufacturing world that depend on ISO standards for their quality systems. ie; ISO9001 etc. Everyone I know pronounces it "eye-soh"....until now never heard it pronounced in another manner. Perhaps a geographical variation?

 

[KmH]

iso definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta

That iso is not the same as the ISO the thread is about.

The ISO this thread is about is an international standards organization, widely known as ISO, headquarted in France - The International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I know that... I didn't say it was.

And I didn't say you did.

 

[hopdaddy]

We are talking about the International Standards Organization. That's what ISO stands for. Just as Film Speed was referred to as ASA (American Standards Association). Did you ever check the "assah" of your film before you put it in your camera? Or was it "A-S-A"?

That was the point I was trying to make also!

 

[Josh66]

We are talking about the International Standards Organization. That's what ISO stands for. Just as Film Speed was referred to as ASA (American Standards Association). Did you ever check the "assah" of your film before you put it in your camera? Or was it "A-S-A"?

That was the point I was trying to make also!

Helen has pointed out at least 3 times in this thread that is not the name of the organization, and that is not what ISO stands for...

ISO - International Organization for Standardization

Right there at the top: International Organization for Standardization. I.O.S.

 

[Josh66]

Because "International Organization for Standardization" would have different acronyms in different languages ("IOS" in English, "OIN" in French for Organisation internationale de normalisation), its founders decided to give it also a short, all-purpose name. They chose "ISO", derived from the Greek isos, meaning "equal". Whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of the organization's name is always ISO.

Taken from the FAQ here:
ISO - Discover ISO: ISO's name

 

[Derrel]

Next thread, let's take on the word "tomato"...

 

[Trever1t]

Toe-matto!
Toe Mate-O
Po-tat-O

 

[enzodm]

The point that I was trying to make earlier is that the organisation is not called the 'International Standards Organization' so its initials aren't ISO. ISO was chosen by them as a name to represent them. This isn't my opinion, it is what ISO says:

"Because "International Organization for Standardization" would have different acronyms in different languages ("IOS" in English, "OIN" in French for Organisation internationale de normalisation), its founders decided to give it also a short, all-purpose name. They chose "ISO", derived from the Greek isos, meaning "equal". Whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of the organization's name is always ISO."

Best,
Helen

I had to like two posts from you in this thread

To conclude, the right pronunciation is mine, that is, ee-so (like Greeks would do). Since we are here, also Nee-kon (to revive the thread, better than tomato ).

 

[Derrel]

Uh, dude, make that Nee-cone