id or I.D. software

[mindlesspuppet]

We all [should] know who id Software is: if not they made Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake.

They are named after "Freud's primal, instinct-driven face of the human psyche" (to quote their website). Their name should be pronounced 'ehd' (like the last two letters in "did").

Even knowing this, I still call them I.D. software, I can't help it. I've heard them called "I.D." far more than the correct "id", even by people who, like myself, should know better.

That being said. I'm curious how people around here say it.

Edit: Grrr.... forgot hit enter by force of habbit, didn't make poll... Oh well, post answer anyways.

 

[mindlesspuppet]

What are they working on now?

Rage

 

[Wolfram23]

I definitely say eye-dee.

So it's not eye dee? Hmm. Didn't know that.

RRRRAAAAAAAGE!!!!

...will be fun.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

I pronounce it id as in, Freuds id, ego and superego.

Edited due to derpiness...

 

[mindlesspuppet]

It's pronounced id as a word, not separate letters.

As in, Freuds id, ego and superego.

Yes, I know, did you read the original post...?

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

It's pronounced id as a word, not separate letters.

As in, Freuds id, ego and superego.

Yes, I know, did you read the original post...?

Vaguely... don't blame me I'm tired/drunk >.>

 

[Atmos Duality]

Definitely "id"

They've spelled it with lowercase letters all these years for a reason.

 

[Subzerowings]

I've always said it correctly.
Seriously, id isn't that hard to say right.
Now, Asus. That's a different story.
Eh-soos? A-ses? A-zeus?

Spoiler: It's pretty bad when a company has to release a video like this...

 

[Infesord]

Yeah i used to think it was I.D. for the longest time until a buddy of mine corrected me.

Also, they were responsible for making the Commander Keen games, which are totally awesome.

 

[Navarone9942]

I.D. sounds better than 'ehd' regardless of any hidden meanings or such.

Better sounding name 1
Freudian pronunciation 0

 

[bulldogftw]

i just say id like you would in did

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Yeah i used to think it was I.D. for the longest time until a buddy of mine corrected me.

Also, they were responsible for making the Commander Keen games, which are totally awesome.

Yeah great memories.

Spoiler

http://www.commander-keen.com/game-downloads.php

gotta replay those imidiately

 

[ElNeroDiablo]

Generally, I say 'id' as in 'did' or 'mid' or 'lid'.

As for Asus, it's like Pegasus (the mythical winged horse), or SUSpicious (y'don't use a heavy Germanic Ü as in 'Über' in 'Suspicious', do you?), with a sort of melding between a soft 'u' and an 'i'/'y' sound. Eh-Sys or Eh-S.Us for a rough phonetic spelling.

 

[NLS]

My head always goes "I.D. Software"

 

[icyneesan]

'ehd' not exactly sure why, but saying EYE DEE just seems wrong to me

 

[matt_newgrove]

Yeah i used to think it was I.D. for the longest time until a buddy of mine corrected me.

Also, they were responsible for making the Commander Keen games, which are totally awesome.

Yeah great memories.

Spoiler

http://www.commander-keen.com/game-downloads.php

gotta replay those imidiately

Og god YES! Commander keen all the way!

OT: Actually I pronounce it like I.D, but with a swedish accent and when i say it in english i say id, so as not to get confused over the way single letters are pronounced in the two languages.

 

[Altorin]

it's always been id.

like ihduh

Yeah i used to think it was I.D. for the longest time until a buddy of mine corrected me.

Also, they were responsible for making the Commander Keen games, which are totally awesome.

Yeah great memories.

Spoiler

http://www.commander-keen.com/game-downloads.php

gotta replay those imidiately

Og god YES! Commander keen all the way!

OT: Actually I pronounce it like I.D, but with a swedish accent and when i say it in english i say id, so as not to get confused over the way single letters are pronounced in the two languages.

interesting trivia fact, Commander Keen was originally a mario game on the PC (actually the first real platformer with Mario like movement - older platformers were.. clunky in comparison).. They went to Nintendo and said "Hey dawg, I heard you like Mario, So we put mario in your mario, and then put it on the PC"

and nintendo said "Uhhh, nothxbye"

and id said "Well shit man, we better use this engine to make our own game and get some of that fine platformin' booty"

Video game history is fun.

 

[migo]

I use both. I'll say id in person and ID over the phone. With noise id can be a bit confusing, and I'll have to spell it out anyway, so I skip straight to spelling.

 

[kouriichi]

It depends on who im talking to. If im speaking with the less knowladgable about videogames i'll call it "Id" simply because its easyer.

If im up at say gamestop or a similar store, i'll call it "I.D. Software".

 

[Continuity]

We all [should] know who id Software is: if not they made Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake.

They are named after "Freud's primal, instinct-driven face of the human psyche" (to quote their website). Their name should be pronounced 'ehd' (like the last two letters in "did").

Even knowing this, I still call them I.D. software, I can't help it. I've heard them called "I.D." far more than the correct "id", even by people who, like myself, should know better.

That being said. I'm curious how people around here say it.

Edit: Grrr.... forgot hit enter by force of habbit, didn't make poll... Oh well, post answer anyways.

For the first few years of my gaming life, before the internet and certainly before the prevalence of video on the internet (56k can only go so far) I thought it was I.D. and I said it as such, however, some point in the early 2000's I will have seen some video review or interview on gamespot that educated me, since then its been id software.

If im up at say gamestop or a similar store, i'll call it "I.D. Software".

You get it wrong on purpose when you go to a store? Do they give you a discount if they think you're a newbie or something?