Pronunciation Question

[nvega13]

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I am a Canadian student and I am unsure how to pronounce the following (i.e. do you say them as a word or do you say each letter). I don't want to mispronounce them at my interviews, so could someone please help me out!

1) SUNY
2) NECO
3) ICO
4) OAT


Thanks.

 

[ppa93]

I am a Canadian student and I am unsure how to pronounce the following (i.e. do you say them as a word or do you say each letter). I don't want to mispronounce them at my interviews, so could someone please help me out!

1) SUNY
2) NECO
3) ICO
4) OAT


Thanks.

SUe Ny (Ni/ Ne)
You just call NECO, N. E.C. O
ICO also I. C. O
OAT also O.A.T

 

[nvega13]

SUe Ny (Ni/ Ne)
You just call NECO, N. E.C. O
ICO also I. C. O
OAT also O.A.T

Really? So it is not pronounced O-AT...I thought it would be that since the medical entrance exam is the M-CAT. Thanks for the clarification!

 

[Ben Chudner]

Really? So it is not pronounced O-AT...I thought it would be that since the medical entrance exam is the M-CAT. Thanks for the clarification!

Back in my day we did call it the O-CAT. Maybe I am dating myself.

 

[ariel winter]

i think a lot of people also pronnounce it O-AT, so i believe neither are incorrect. 👍

Really? So it is not pronounced O-AT...I thought it would be that since the medical entrance exam is the M-CAT. Thanks for the clarification!

 

[a1bui]

From talking to optometry students, and new OD's, this is how I hear them:

1. SUNY= Soon-knee (from a SUNY student, AND admissions officer/rep.)
2. NECO= Neck-co, or NEWENGCO (new-ank-co...weird, but i've heard it)
3. ICO= I.C.O. (from 2 I.C.O. students)
4. OAT= O.A.T. (from OD students + OD school reps.)

Haha, its not the proper breakdown of words, but it makes it easier 🙂 .

 

[ariel winter]

yeah, i've heard this one too. definitely weird, hehe. 👍

NEWENGCO (new-ank-co...weird, but i've heard it)

 

[stompy]

i call it OAT, as in oatmeal's oat. OAT and Barley

 

[sco1styear]

i call it OAT, as in oatmeal's oat. OAT and Barley

I've always just heard O. A. T.

 

[ariel winter]

i call it OAT, as in oatmeal's oat. OAT and Barley

 

[happy7]

NECO used to go by NEWENCO, but changed it last year.