Hi Karl - the pronunciation is best described as "it depends" (cha-ching, Sir Doug gets another Mt. Dew). A wide variety of possible pronunciations exist but since we all use a common language - English - which comes in a multitude of flavors (i.e. Canadian English, English English, US English, etc.) I don't believe you'll find one pronunciation as deemed "correct". This is the perfect question for a Friday - "how do you pronounce RoHS?"! We use "Row-Haass". Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins [log in to unmask] Karl Hunsinger <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 04/11/2008 06:56 AM Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to Karl Hunsinger <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc Subject [TN] RoHS pronunciation Hate to bring this up again, but the question as to how to pronounce RoHS is being asked more and more by my colleagues. RoHS = Rose? Ross? Ro-Haas? Is there an agreed way to pronounce this? (Not referring to the colorful ways some of you most definitely use when referring to this standard). Regards, Karl Karl Hunsinger Project Engineering Flexible Circuits Inc. 215-343-2300 X5154 --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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 15.0 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 -----------------------------------------------------