# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/41 "2007-10-05T04:23:16Z")
At two Dopefests I’ve heard seasoned, battle-hardened mods say “Em pee sims,” so that’s good enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/42 "2007-10-05T04:47:00Z")
Mip-sims. Im-ho. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/43 "2007-10-05T05:08:07Z")
I work with more acronyms than you could make from a bowl of alphabet soup. I don’t ever say it, but I think of it in my head as “Mundane Pointless Stuff”, and would probably pronounce it M P SIMS if it ever came up. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/44 "2007-10-05T06:23:18Z")
Em Pee Sims ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/45 "2007-10-05T06:36:29Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] 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. [/QUOTE] Whoa. This is EXACTLY how I see it as well. For some reason it always becomes MSPMS in my brain. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/46 "2007-10-05T18:08:28Z")
Am I the only person who says “em-psi-ems?” (psi as in the Greek letter, pronounced si). So “em-si-ems”, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/47 "2007-10-05T18:23:38Z")
I agree with **twickster** \* – the pronunciations are “em-pee-SIMZ” and “IMM-hoe”. - assuming she places the accents where I do ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/48 "2007-10-05T18:24:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] I agree with **twickster** \* – the pronunciations are “em-pee-SIMZ” and “IMM-hoe”. - assuming she places the accents where I do [/QUOTE] But of course, mon ami! ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/49 "2007-10-05T19:28:12Z")
The obviously correct pronunciations are “em-pee-simz” and “I-M-H-O”. –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/50 "2007-10-05T20:32:29Z")
_sigh_ I know…KNOW the letters are jumbling around in my brain. But, Miss Pisems. I do think Im-ho, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/51 "2007-10-05T22:22:23Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Em Pee Sims. All other ways of saying it are blatently incorrect, and are a sure indication of deviant behavior. [/QUOTE] Same here. FTR, my prom photo would be all over the Web, but she was a bit of a butterface. I was actually kind of a player back then (not so much anymore), but she had a huge crush on me and I felt bad that she didn’t have a date, so I took her to prom. The fact that I was clashing in white and black, though? That was my bad. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/52 "2007-10-05T22:42:55Z")
I’ve always pronounced it “ahleckshandergremble” but I’m different. ---
**Author:** ![Dying\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dying\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dying_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/53 "2007-10-06T00:08:26Z")
Mip-sims for me. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/54 "2007-10-06T00:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=Dying Butterfly] Mip-sims for me. [/QUOTE] Same here. I was beginning to think I was the only one. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/55 "2007-10-06T00:18:45Z")
I say, bunch of sad losers who can’t cut it in the pit. But that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/56 "2007-10-06T01:43:58Z")
I pronounce each letter separately in most cases. Em-pee-es-eye-em-ess Eye-em-aych-o Gee-dee Gee-cue The Pit ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/57 "2007-10-06T01:52:52Z")
Another mipsims vote here. ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/58 "2007-10-06T02:14:54Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Il Palazzo] I pronounce each letter separately in most cases. Em-pee-es-eye-em-ess Eye-em-aych-o Gee-dee Gee-cue The Pit [/QUOTE] Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/59 "2007-10-06T05:01:42Z")
M-X-P-X ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544/60 "2007-10-06T07:20:09Z")
eye ham sofa king wee todd … What? Oh. I have no idea where I get the extra syllables from, but I generally think em-pee-ess-isms. Kind of like, libertarianism, Judaism, etc., but with an abbreviated Mundane Personal Shit as the root. Why it’s plural? Because eye ham sofa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-mpsims/421544.md?page=4)