# How do you say "MPSIMS"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544 "2007-10-04T20:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LilShieste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/1 "2007-10-04T20:30:08Z")
Do you say “em-pee-ess-eye-em-ess”? Do you say “Mundane Pointless”? Do you say “em piss 'ems”? Inquiring minds need to know… LilShieste ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/2 "2007-10-04T20:31:42Z")
Em-pee-Sims. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/3 "2007-10-04T20:31:51Z")
Emm-pee-simz ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/4 "2007-10-04T20:34:07Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever said it aloud, even at the Dopefest. mmmpsssims, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/5 "2007-10-04T20:35:34Z")
I pronounce it as Mip-sims. But usually only in my head. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/6 "2007-10-04T20:36:08Z")
Another Em-pee-sims checking in. ---
**Author:** ![Von\_Erich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@Von\_Erich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Von_Erich)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/7 "2007-10-04T20:36:10Z")
I say “emp-sims”. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/8 "2007-10-04T20:36:43Z")
Em Pee Sims. All other ways of saying it are blatently incorrect, and are a sure indication of deviant behavior. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/9 "2007-10-04T20:40:17Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Em Pee Sims. All other ways of saying it are blatently incorrect, and are a sure indication of deviant behavior. [/QUOTE] Says the man who’s allowed his prom photo to be splashed about on the World Wide Web. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/10 "2007-10-04T20:40:47Z")
**Mips**. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/11 "2007-10-04T20:41:47Z")
M. P. Sims It took forever to shake my original pronunciation: MPS-isms (mundane pointless stuff I _simply_ must share?) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/12 "2007-10-04T20:43:15Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Em-pee-Sims. [/QUOTE] Ditto ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/13 "2007-10-04T20:43:32Z")
Em-pee-simBDDMSDMBDMDDDBBBDDDDDPTTTHHHHHHHH Sorry, I had wind. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/14 "2007-10-04T20:48:41Z")
Em Pee Sims. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/15 "2007-10-04T20:50:37Z")
Mip-sims. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/16 "2007-10-04T20:59:15Z")
M. P. Sims ---
**Author:** ![LilShieste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/17 "2007-10-04T20:59:30Z")
Thanks for the replies so far - very insightful. Like looking through a window into a person’s soul (yeah, exactly like that). I forgot to mention that I just pronounce the individual letters. However, I think I like “em pee sims” much better. LilShieste ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/18 "2007-10-04T21:01:11Z")
The other one is I. M. Ho, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/19 "2007-10-04T21:03:10Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] The other one is I. M. Ho, by the way. [/QUOTE] No it isn’t – it’s Im-Ho. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/20 "2007-10-04T21:04:36Z")
Something like mump-sims. Not aloud, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544.md?page=2)