In Italy BECMI is pronunced in this way:
B like in Best
E like in rEst
C like in CHeddar
M as usual
I like in sIster
In France, they pronounce it béchamel .... and use it as a tasty sauce!
In Italy BECMI is pronunced in this way:
B like in Best
E like in rEst
C like in CHeddar
M as usual
I like in sIster
Same here, though I have never had reason to say it out loud or hear someone do it, but in my head I always parse it as "Bee-eeh-See-ehm-aye"Not until this thread have I ever heard or considered pronouncing it as an acronym, instead of spelling it out as an initialism.
Same here, though I have never had reason to say it out loud or hear someone do it, but in my head I always parse it as "Bee-eeh-See-ehm-aye"
I mean...I started playing D&D with 3.5, but I do remember seeing print ads for the Rules Cyclopedia in magazines when I was 7 or 8: the fine parsing of BD&D history ia something I've only learned in the past decade, and then almost entirely through textual formats. I tend to sound out acronyms, though: Nintendo released the "Enh-eeh-ees" not a "nez".In all seriousness (which is quite a strain for me, btw), I am the other way around.
As far as I can remember, ever since "BECMI" was a thing, I always pronounced it BECK-mee. It never occurred to me that people were spelling it out. Like S.C.U.B.A.
Hmm... never heard it with the "CH" sound, but always with a "K" sound.In Italy BECMI is pronunced in this way:
B like in Best
E like in rEst
C like in CHeddar
M as usual
I like in sIster
I mean...I started playing D&D with 3.5, but I do remember seeing print ads for the Rules Cyclopedia in magazines when I was 7 or 8: the fine parsing of BD&D history ia something I've only learned in the past decade, and then almost entirely through textual formats. I tend to sound out acronyms, though: Nintendo released the "Enh-eeh-ees" not a "nez".
I think maybe it's something to do with running across B/X written or said out in full as "Basic/Expert" enough times? That, and BECMI feels more separable than other, similar acronyms. You can imagine someone only talking about Expert or Immortal, so keeping them apart makes it clear that each letter is its own distinct concept, even if they're usually referred to as a whole.In all seriousness (which is quite a strain for me, btw), I am the other way around.
As far as I can remember, ever since "BECMI" was a thing, I always pronounced it BECK-mee. It never occurred to me that people were spelling it out. Like S.C.U.B.A.
In Bologna we pronunce it BECMI (soft c) and not BECHMI with the hard c. Maybe in Rome you have a different pronunciation (to be honest it makes some sense because the C is for Companion that is pronunced with the hard c).Hmm... never heard it with the "CH" sound, but always with a "K" sound.