How do YOU pronounce "MPSIMS"?

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Apologies if this has been asked before…

The subject came up at the recent Dallas Doper Debauch. Opinions were divided between saying it “mip-sims” and “M.P. Sims,” like someone’s name. I favor the second pronunciation, but the rest of the table decreed that saying it that way sounded too much like a department store (“I love that sweater!” “Thanks…I bought it for half price at M.P. Sims!”).

So how do YOU say it? Mip-sims? M.P. Sims? Empuh-sims? Em-possums? Here’s your chance to weigh in. When people stop posting, I’ll eventually tally the answers and post the results.

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Actually, I pronounce it “mangrove throat warbler”.

(That is, I pronounce it “mipsims”.)

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M.P. Sims

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Usually, I don’t say it. It’s just that string of letters. However, I noticed that when I went to the Houston gathering, I pronounced it “M.P. Sims”.
That’s still not how i think of it, but it’ll do for a pronounciation.

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I usually just call it M P S, after that the letters get kinda slurred together! :wink:

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Emp-sims

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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again:

em PISS umms

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I intentionally don’t pronounce things that only have a context for me online. If I tell someone about this site in general it’s just “straight dope” not SDMB or anything like that. I once caught myself about to say “re” when I walked back into a room full of real people. Decided there is a barrier between cyber and real which no man should cross.

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“mip-sims”

“I like toast.” :slight_smile:

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Ditto unless I’m being cheeky, then it’s “empy-sims”. :wink:

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imp-sims

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Hmmmm. Had to think about that one. I guess I say ‘mipsims’ most of the time, though I have said ‘empsims’ too.
Or as Demo said, empysims at times. :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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Actually, the correct pronunciation is Mip-sisms.

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Mip-sims, with the accent on the first syllable.

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MEEP-sims.

It’s probably in the new OED that went online today.

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I almost always say mindless pointless shit' or miscelaneous shit.’

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mipsims

: :padding my post count::

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M.P. Sims here. Funny, I had this discussion with MoosieGirl over ICQ the other night. She doesn’t even pronounce it, she spells it: M.P.S.I.M.S. But hey, she’s a French Canuck. Bless the girl for being able to READ all this :smiley:

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Actually, I do something entirely new:

M-P-S-I-M’s

:slight_smile:

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Empy-sims. I don’t know why. Either that or “The Party Page.”

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