Does 'Ulead' ryhme with 'bed' or 'bead'? Just wondering.

PeterHF · Post by **PeterHF** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:08 pm

My son says it ryhmes with 'bead'. I thought it was with 'bed'.

bquerry · Post by **bquerry** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:59 pm

Neither. It ryhmes with 'lead'.

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:37 pm

I and most people I talk to rhyme it with 'bead' but that could be because we're all English and note that there is an 'ea' in the middle - I will be interested in what our American friends say though because most of the ones I have talked to in the past (but not about Ulead) seem to ignore the 'a' in words like that and therefore rhyme it with 'bed'

I hope bquerry is being jocular because here in the UK 'lead' can rhyme with either bead or bed depending on what context it is used in.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:17 pm

Only in the English language do we debate the pronunciation of words

I have always rhymed it with "bead".

I will be interested in what our American friends say though because most of the ones I have talked to in the past (but not about Ulead) seem to ignore the 'a' in words like that and therefore rhyme it with 'bed'

How do you pronounce "bread"?

PeterHF · Post by **PeterHF** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:23 pm

'You lead' it is.

CycleWriter · Post by **CycleWriter** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:16 pm

Since I have always taken the name to be a reference to how a software company excels at innovation (by leadership), pronouncing it as 'led' never made sense to me. The name is akin to the answer to the question: How do you become a top software developer? You lead.

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:03 pm

Black Lab wrote:How do you pronounce "bread"?

It's the exceptions that make the English language the enigma that it is

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:07 pm

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:42 pm

Well, at least we all seem to agree that the pronunciation of "bread" does not depend on where or how you were bred!!

DiscCoasterPro · Post by **DiscCoasterPro** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:16 am

As Curly used to say from the 3 stooges ....

I was bread in olde Kentucky.... but I'm just a crumb up here!

Bignosetw · Post by **Bignosetw** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:43 am

It was originally a Chinese word, "Yo Li" - so Ulead definitely is pronounced with a long "e" - You Lead, You Bead, You Breed ... ok, I'll stop now

Tobie Openshaw
Manager: MarCom Dept
Ulead Systems Inc.

CycleWriter · Post by **CycleWriter** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:03 am

Bignosetw wrote:It was originally a Chinese word, "Yo Li" - so Ulead definitely is pronounced with a long "e" - You Lead, You Bead, You Breed ... ok, I'll stop now

Moderator, please lock this thread!!!

kebrinton · Post by **kebrinton** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:50 am

There's Ulead, and I also use Ahead software. Thought it was kind of funny: Neither company is in an English-speaking country but both have chosen an English word for their names. If u lead, u r ahead, i guess.

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:34 am

Any more lead anyone

I can help

htchien · Post by **htchien** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:47 am

Very interesting thread.

As Tobie said, the word "Ulead" is originally from "Yo Li", which "Yo" literally means "friends" in Chinese and "Li" literally means "establish" or "create". This is because Ulead is founded by 3 very good friends.

And you should pronounce the word as "U-Lead".

Hope this helps.

H.T.

Alludo USER to USER Web Board

Does 'Ulead' ryhme with 'bed' or 'bead'? Just wondering.

Does 'Ulead' ryhme with 'bed' or 'bead'? Just wondering.

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