How do you pronounce . . .

Well, I couldn't set this up as a 'Poll' for some reason, so just fill it in.

"How do you pronounce McAfee?"


McAfee (like McDonalds)

or . . .

McAfee (like Macintosh, then it would be spelled MacAfee)

[willy_ph]

I pronounce it "Mac-fee"

I don't know if it really makes a difference.

[dunbar]

Hasn't there been an advertisement for McAfee on TV recently? SuperBowl? I remember hearing McDonalds pronunciation, but I'm not sure right now.

Originally posted by willy_ph
I don't know if it really makes a difference.

It probably isn't going to cure cancer or anything, I'm just trying to figure out how many people pronounce incorrectly.

Those that do of course, are going to say "I don't know if it really makes a difference."

I pronounce it BoB.

It probably isn't going to cure cancer or anything,

Probably not.... but after saying BOB, BOB, BOB real fast seventeen times.. I no longer have unwanted facial hair.

[Beemer]

Like MacDonalds.

Don't worry surreal. It'll grow back soon enough.

Cheers!

[Daft_Ghosty]

M as in Mother cA as in cat.. and fee as in it's going to cost you

M-ca-fee

that's how 've said it for years

[Creatures]

macAfEE

Creatures

[Theophylact]

You can't decide a question like this without asking the person who owns the name. For example, the name Dougherty is pronounced DO-ertee, DOW-ertee, and DOCK-ertee, depending on where you grew up. (The real Irish would make the "gh" sound slightly guttural, like the German "ch".) Samuel Pepys pronounced his name "Peeps"; many of his descendants call themselves "PEPP-ees".

The guy who founded Lockheed Aircraft was a Scot whose name was spelled Loughead -- pronounced, pretty nearly, "LOCK-heed". He got tired of Americans, who didn't know any better, pronouncing it "LOG-hed". So he changed the spelling to accommodate their ignorance.

I pronounce the software's name MAC-a-fee, but what the hell do I know?

[phil69]

McAfee (like McDonalds)

Thats how i have always pronounced it well not that i have ever brought any of their products.