You're Pronouncing Adobe (and other Brand Names) Incorrectly

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 12 Apr 2016

Adobe recently released an emergency security update to address critical vulnerabilities that impact the company’s Flash Player. One of them, which is being actively exploited on systems running Windows 10, could allow an attacker to take control of the affected system, leaving it open to ransomware attacks.

File this under "how many times have I heard this one?” It happens so often that I’ve become immune to headlines that say Adobe released an emergency Flash Player update to fix critical vulnerabilities.

But it’s got me thinking. How do you pronounce Adobe? You see, there are several brand names that are commonly mispronounced and Adobe, well, it is on the list. And when I “the list”, I mean the infographic below.



Via Made By Oomph.


More common mispronunciations

This Mental Floss video presents some more words that you’re probably mispronouncing.





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