Correct Pronunciation of ArchiCAD

[Anonymous]

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?

[Daniel Lindahl]

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".

[Dwight]

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.

[Anonymous]

Dwight,

Perhaps we should spell it "Årkïtâlq"

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

[Dwight]

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

[Daniel Lindahl]

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!

[Anonymous]

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... ).

[Dwight]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[Dwight]

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.

[Karl Ottenstein]

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

[Dwight]

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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?

[TomWaltz]

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[Dwight]

New logo for new pronunciation

[Anonymous]

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

[Dwight]

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.

[Barry Kelly]

Peter wrote:

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.

There must be a pirate blood-line in your family history
Barry.