So you are saying that the H is silent............... Hmmmmmmmmmm it must have got to something where it took the industry 2 - 3+ years to fully understand what was being unleashed on it, and now we are being corrected on the Acronym pronunciation!! Maybe we need an initiative which we could perhaps call the directive for Correct Repeatable Acronym Pronunciation. And of course for the sake of common decency we could make the R silent and pronounce it "CAP"?? John John Burke (408) 515 4992 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Dixon Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:15 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Best ROSE Tester "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as......" Well, you guys can finish this one!!! Dave -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Kraszewski Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:53 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Best ROSE Tester I agree. It more than likely is pronounced ROSS rather than "ROSE" or "row-has", as I was once corrected to this point by a Brit working in the ministry in charge of RoHS in England. Rich K / GTS -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Bush Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:18 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Best ROSE Tester It all in the pronunciation - RoHS is pronounced like rose frequently although the correct pronunciation is ROSS. It is like arguing speeding ticket and moving violation with a cop - both get you the same fine. Jeffrey Bush Director, Quality Assurance and Technical Support VERMONT CIRCUITS INCORPORATED --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------