# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/21 "2007-10-04T21:19:20Z")
Empeesims But for some perverted reason, for me it’s “I’m a ho.” Go figure. Tris ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/22 "2007-10-04T22:02:42Z")
It’s Imm-hoe for me, too. ---
**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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/23 "2007-10-04T22:07:09Z")
For me, Eye Em Aitch Oh. And the earworm “In my simple humble neighborhood” starts up :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/24 "2007-10-04T22:08:52Z")
[QUOTE=TexasPlayboy] I say “emp-sims”. [/QUOTE] Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/25 "2007-10-04T22:55:31Z")
Imp-Sims. IMHO is each individual letter. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/26 "2007-10-04T22:57:05Z")
Mip-sims. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/27 "2007-10-04T22:58:13Z")
This hasn’t been asked in a while so I decide to chime in. Mundane Pointless Shit I Must Share ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/28 "2007-10-04T22:59:28Z")
I always think/read it wrong. To me, I always see ‘‘MSPMS’’ and in my head that sounds like ‘‘msspms,’’ not really a recognizable word at all. I’m not dyslexic, I swear. I just can’t get my brain around this particular constructions of letters. ‘‘IMHO’’ is each letter spelled individually and ‘‘BBQ’’ is too: bee-bee–cue like OMGWTFBBQ! ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/29 "2007-10-04T22:59:31Z")
Empee-yesIemEss ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/30 "2007-10-04T23:11:27Z")
Mip-sims ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/31 "2007-10-04T23:18:01Z")
Em-pee-ess-eye-ems Like a pluralized M-P-S-I-M. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/32 "2007-10-05T01:29:45Z")
Empy-sims ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/33 "2007-10-05T01:35:05Z")
Mip-Sims, although the i is pretty short ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/34 "2007-10-05T01:53:12Z")
Mip-sims… all you “Em-pee-sims” are whacked ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/35 "2007-10-05T02:56:03Z")
Mip-sims. Im-ho The pit. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/36 "2007-10-05T02:59:45Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Em-pee-Sims. [/QUOTE] Yep. “Mip-sims” doesn’t fly with me. I have an aunt Mip, and thus it ain’t allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/37 "2007-10-05T03:02:10Z")
To myself I say “misspiss”, which I know is all out of order but it amuses me. ---
**Author:** ![Schuyler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@Schuyler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schuyler)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/38 "2007-10-05T03:07:01Z")
Well, it’s spelled ‘MPSIMS’ but pronounced ‘Throatwarbler Mangrove.’ (What? Somebody was going to do it.) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/39 "2007-10-05T03:12:54Z")
“m s p s” but I’m stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/40 "2007-10-05T03:19:06Z")
em pee sims. I M H O… but I like Imaho better. The Pit. Here in the midwest, we don’t BBQ, we grill, so BBQ sounds like bee bee que to me which is just weird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544.md?page=3)