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Correct Pronunciation of ArchiCAD

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:48:58 GMT

OK-- It has bugged me for the longest time. What is the proper pronunciation for "Archicad"?

We have at least 3 different pronunciations within our office alone!

What is the official line for west of the Rockies?. (Never mind what it might be called in Lapland:)

Is it "Arca" or "Archa" or "Archi" or something else?

Re: Pronunciation

Daniel Lindahl — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 04:33:40 GMT

Craig wrote:
OK-- It has bugged me for the longest time. What is the proper pronunciation for "Archicad"?

We have at least 3 different pronunciations within our office alone!

What is the official line for west of the Rockies?. (Never mind what it might be called in Lapland:)

Is it "Arca" or "Archa" or "Archi" or something else?

Craig

How do you pronounce architect west of the rockies? Now, instead of saying "tect", say "cad".

Re: Pronunciation

Dwight — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:11:19 GMT

If you were to rely on the moronic "Archie CAD" as your pronumciation, we'd all be looking to find the smarmy "ReggieCAD," the faithful "BettyCAD" and the self-satisfied "VeronicaCAD."

Home from two days driving like I had nothing better to do than catch up on Arkitalk.

Re: Pronunciation

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:48:02 GMT

Dwight,

Perhaps we should spell it "Årkïtâlq"

It may not be right, but it looks so cool and international.

Re: Pronunciation

Dwight — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:58:53 GMT

If we wrote it like that, ArchiCAD would need an igloo tool.
Wait! It does!

Re: Pronunciation

Daniel Lindahl — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:34:31 GMT

Matthew wrote:
Dwight,

Perhaps we should spell it "Årkïtâlq"

It may not be right, but it looks so cool and international.

Matthew

You might not realise it, but it also sounds cool, and rhymes.
The Å is pronounced like the A in talk!

Correct pronunciation of "Archicad"

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:32:00 GMT

Not that the info is of any practical value, but I'm curious: which is the correct way of pronunciation of the name of the program?

-with "ch" pronounced like in "charlie"

or

-with "ch" pronounced like in "architecture"

I've head users, even advanced ones, using one or another pronunciation, both of them equally frequently. My personal opinion is that the latter is correct - but I'd like to hear other opinions and especially a first-hand conformation from an official representative (so that it can be cited when needed... ).

Re: Correct pronunciation of "Archicad"

Dwight — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:42:03 GMT

I'd be pronouncing it, here in accent-free Canadian English:

"Are Key Cad"

If you pronounce it ArchieCAD, [with a 'soft' "ch"] you risk confusion with the CAD applications authored by the cartoon characters in Bob Montana's comic strip "Archie."

ReggieCAD, where the cursor just jerks.

VeronikaCAD, for drawing sensual curves.

and

JugheadCAD, for drawing only in 2D like AutoCAD

Re: Correct pronunciation of "Archicad"

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:35:24 GMT

Dwight, thank you - seems I've been pronouncing it right from the start ...

Re: Correct pronunciation of "Archicad"

Dwight — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:23:24 GMT

And right you are.

My reaction comes from being taunted in high school after designing the school's staging of "A Man for All Seasons" and being overly proud of it.

"Hey, here comes the Archie-tect!!!"

But that was not the total of all of the taunting considering that there were plenty of flowing robes and leotards involved in the production.

Good riddance to those louts.

Re: Correct pronunciation of "Archicad"

Karl Ottenstein — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:38:02 GMT

The old escribe forums (pre-dated these forums on the gs web server) appear to have been erased; shame. I recall some Europeans there used arHee-CAD, perhaps the guteral 'h'.

Karl

Re: Correct pronunciation of "Archicad"

Dwight — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:50:10 GMT

Right.
Those guys were merely influenced in their pronunciation by the 70's television show ArHee-Haw where sophisticated musicians and entertainers pretended to be hicks with grass in their teeth, dressing in gingham and playing banjos at their drafting boards.

Written by Canadians, of course, just like most of American humor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee_Haw

Re: Correct pronunciation of "Archicad"

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:14:14 GMT

The "guteral H" is actually the one "non-Archie" variant that is most often used in the continental (non-English) Europe, as that is how "ch" in "architect" is pronounced in most other European languages (with most probable roots in the Greek language, from which the expression (arkhitekton: arkhi, chief + tekton, builder") came from.

Correct Pronunciation od Archicad

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:05:27 GMT

How do you guys say it.
I call it Arc i CAD
Like Architect, and I think that makes sense.
But I hear a bunch of people calling it Archi-cad, like a chia pet and it drives me nuts.

So, in order for me to correct them I need to know I am right, any thoughts?

Re: Correct Pronunciation od Archicad

TomWaltz — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:20:19 GMT

when it ticked me off, I pronounced it
Ache-ee-cad.

Re: Correct Pronunciation od Archicad

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:34:05 GMT

when it ticked me off, I pronounced it
Ache-ee-cad.

I find exaggerating the Arr quite therapeutic when the program annoys me.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrchicad!

But you are right, it is pronounced Arr-kee-cad just like Arr-kee-tect.

Re: Correct Pronunciation od Archicad

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:45:33 GMT

Yes, "Archeecad" is our usual term for it when it is not behaving too.

Re: Correct Pronunciation od Archicad

Dwight — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:07:29 GMT

New logo for new pronunciation

Re: Correct Pronunciation od Archicad

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:29:53 GMT

Ha!
Did you just make that up quick?
You are a clever gent aren't you Dwight?

Re: Correct Pronunciation of ArchiCAD

Dwight — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:23:03 GMT

Late on Saturday night, I make these things up in the hope of posting them someday if the chance occurs.
That's what old people do.

BTW: it is just cut and paste.