Pronunciation of DIR?

[Bismark]

Hilarious, ... made my relatively boring afternoon...

 

[n2clim]

wow, and I always thought people that wanted to be dur divers took the durf class from a gooey instructor....

 

[dsteding]

the durf class from a gooey instructor....

I hope my fundies instructor isn't gooey, I probably wouldn't want to get in the pool with him.

 

[TSandM]

Doug, your Fundies instructor isn't gooey, he's slick

 

[amascuba]

I'm proud to call myself a gooey diver.

 

[rigdiver]

what is a Gee You Eeee?

I thought it was Gooeee

 

[Walter]

I would think that it would be "dee eye are" since it's an acronym for "Doing It Right" as opposed to an abbreviation for a longer word that starts with 'dir' (like 'directory').

But that's just my opinion....

Brian

You are correct about how to say it, but your reasoning is wrong. SCUBA is an acronym as are NAUI and PADI. Acronyms are pronounced as words, in fact that's part of the definition of "acronym". DIR isn't really an acronym, they are merely initials like YMCA.

 

[H2Andy]

Is it "dee eye are" or "der"? Or something else?

it's pronounced "stop making fun of my black gear or i'll kick your arse"

newbies...

:14:

 

[PerroneFord]

Red and Black... red and black...

 

[Walter]

Not black and red?