# MPSIMS. How do you pronounce it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 1999, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055 "1999-10-28T13:21:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/1 "1999-10-28T13:21:00Z")
I pronounce it mumpsimus. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/2 "1999-10-28T13:33:00Z")
There was a thread on this before… I pronounce it IMP-sims. * * * Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, dogs are from Pluto. - Anonymous ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/3 "1999-10-28T13:34:00Z")
I always see it as ms pms ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/4 "1999-10-28T14:09:00Z")
I pronounce it like: M.P. SIMS myself… * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![AuraSeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AuraSeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuraSeer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/5 "1999-10-28T14:24:00Z")
Empy Simms. Basically the same as Satan’s pronunciation, but treating the first two letters as a single word. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/6 "1999-10-28T14:36:00Z")
I just call it Mundane Pointless. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/7 "1999-10-28T16:01:00Z")
I always and up pronouncing it IMP-ISIMS. It rolls off of the tongue that way. ---
**Author:** ![eden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eden)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/8 "1999-10-28T16:06:00Z")
Or Mip Sims. How many of you actually pronounce this word? Who are you talking to? ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/9 "1999-10-28T16:25:00Z")
I pronounce it like this [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000557.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000557.html) Well actually more like Mipsmms. And I pronouce it in my head mainly. “Oh I have to read Mipsmms” -Frankie Feeling kinda salty today…bear with me! ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/10 "1999-10-28T16:34:00Z")
I usually pronounce it “mippisms”, due to my inherently dyslexic nature. I guess that makes me a “mippist”. * * * Modest? You bet I’m modest! I am the queen of modesty! ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/11 "1999-10-28T16:38:00Z")
I don’t pronounce it, but I often think the acronym means something else. Instead of “Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share”, I think “More Pointless S\*\*t I Must See”. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/12 "1999-10-28T18:49:00Z")
MipSims * * * “I’m just too much for human existence – I should be animated.” –Wayne Knight ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/13 "1999-10-28T19:04:00Z")
## This may be the first time I’ve ever said this in print, but I agree with Satan. If man was meant to fly faster than the speed of sound he would have been born with 50,000 pounds of thrust. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-how-do-you-pronounce-it/10055/14 "1999-10-28T19:21:00Z")
I call it “mundane pointless” also. And yes, I do say it out loud, to my husband, who also posts here (UndeadDude) 🙂 * * * – O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com)