Pronouncing "6x7"

indytax · 09-11-2009, 07:08 AM

Oh how I drool over you-all's MF Pentax systems. It's just not in the cards for me now. BUT, I've been wondering how to properly pronounce "6x7". Is it "six-by-seven"? I imagine that the 67 is pronounced "sixty-seven" and the 645 as "six forty-five", but maybe I'm even wrong about that. Maybe its "six-seven" and "six-four-five" or "six hundred forty-five". Is there a consensus on this fairly insignificant matter?

séamuis · 09-11-2009, 07:41 AM

Quote:

you-all's

y'all's.

I call my 6x7, six-by-seven.

Nesster · 09-11-2009, 07:43 AM

That's what I'd call it too, six-by-seven, but then I've been known to mis-call things

I call my 645 Six-forty-five. If I had the other, I'd call it Six-forty-five-Dee.

stevebrot · 09-11-2009, 08:04 AM

six by seven (sort of like four by four)

Steve

indytax · 09-11-2009, 08:22 AM

Originally posted by séamuis

y'all's.

I hadn't caught the irony in my intentionally spelling it "you-all" while at the same time asking about correct pronouncation. I don't even use the phrase very often, but when I write it I like using the older, maybe even archaic, spelling "you-all". It's actually just spelling out the contraction "y'all" or "ya'll" (let's not get into the debate over how to properly spell the contraction), and not using a contraction is always proper. It's all for fun anyway; I'm not even from the US South...

Back on topic, I figured the "six-by-seven" pronouncation was most common. Does anyone have something "official" that shows how Pentax intended it to be called? Not that it really matters, I'm just interested.

indytax · 09-11-2009, 08:23 AM

Originally posted by Nesster

I call my 645 Six-forty-five. If I had the other, I'd call it Six-forty-five-Dee.

Just don't tell me you say yet another one "six-forty-five-en-eye-eye".

Mattferrit · 09-12-2009, 12:47 PM

Straight "Six-Seven" for me.

Andres · 09-12-2009, 02:23 PM

I call my 6x7 "seis por siete" or just "sesentaisiete" what means... "six by seven" and "sixty-seven" (it is the 6x7 but I call it that way to make it easier with the can*on and nik*on people)

And the 645 "seis cuarentaicinco" what means "six forty-five"

**monochrome** · 09-12-2009, 02:48 PM

Originally posted by indytax

Does anyone have something "official" that shows how Pentax intended it to be called? Not that it really matters, I'm just interested.

I just flipped though every page of the Pentax 6x7 System sales brochure. Every reference is "6x7" so that's no help.

Blue · 09-13-2009, 11:07 AM

You mean it isn't 42?

**Kerrowdown** · 09-13-2009, 03:21 PM

Originally posted by Blue

You mean it isn't 42?

tuco · 09-14-2009, 09:08 AM

I say Six-Seven when referring to the camera and Six-by-Seven when talking about the format.

séamuis · 09-14-2009, 09:12 AM

Originally posted by tuco

I say Six-Seven when referring to the camera and Six-by-Seven when talking about the format.

well that works, except there were two different naming schemes... 6x7 and 67.

09-11-2009, 07:08 AM	#1
indytax Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 312	Pronouncing "6x7" Oh how I drool over you-all's MF Pentax systems. It's just not in the cards for me now. BUT, I've been wondering how to properly pronounce "6x7". Is it "six-by-seven"? I imagine that the 67 is pronounced "sixty-seven" and the 645 as "six forty-five", but maybe I'm even wrong about that. Maybe its "six-seven" and "six-four-five" or "six hundred forty-five". Is there a consensus on this fairly insignificant matter?

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09-11-2009, 07:41 AM	#2
séamuis Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Savannah, U.S./Baguio City, P.H. Posts: 5,979	Quote: you-all's y'all's. I call my 6x7, six-by-seven.

09-11-2009, 07:43 AM	#3
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072	That's what I'd call it too, six-by-seven, but then I've been known to mis-call things I call my 645 Six-forty-five. If I had the other, I'd call it Six-forty-five-Dee.

09-11-2009, 08:04 AM	#4
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	six by seven (sort of like four by four) Steve

09-11-2009, 08:22 AM	#5
indytax Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 312 Original Poster	Originally posted by séamuis y'all's. I hadn't caught the irony in my intentionally spelling it "you-all" while at the same time asking about correct pronouncation. I don't even use the phrase very often, but when I write it I like using the older, maybe even archaic, spelling "you-all". It's actually just spelling out the contraction "y'all" or "ya'll" (let's not get into the debate over how to properly spell the contraction), and not using a contraction is always proper. It's all for fun anyway; I'm not even from the US South... Back on topic, I figured the "six-by-seven" pronouncation was most common. Does anyone have something "official" that shows how Pentax intended it to be called? Not that it really matters, I'm just interested.

09-11-2009, 08:23 AM	#6
indytax Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 312 Original Poster	Originally posted by Nesster I call my 645 Six-forty-five. If I had the other, I'd call it Six-forty-five-Dee. Just don't tell me you say yet another one "six-forty-five-en-eye-eye".

09-12-2009, 12:47 PM	#7
Mattferrit Guest	Straight "Six-Seven" for me.

09-12-2009, 02:23 PM	#8
Andres Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Buenos Aires Photos: Albums Posts: 240	I call my 6x7 "seis por siete" or just "sesentaisiete" what means... "six by seven" and "sixty-seven" (it is the 6x7 but I call it that way to make it easier with the canon and nikon people) And the 645 "seis cuarentaicinco" what means "six forty-five"

09-12-2009, 02:48 PM	#9
monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	Originally posted by indytax Does anyone have something "official" that shows how Pentax intended it to be called? Not that it really matters, I'm just interested. I just flipped though every page of the Pentax 6x7 System sales brochure. Every reference is "6x7" so that's no help.

09-13-2009, 11:07 AM	#10
Blue Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,377	You mean it isn't 42?

09-13-2009, 03:21 PM	#11
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,819	Originally posted by Blue You mean it isn't 42?

09-14-2009, 09:08 AM	#12
tuco Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pugetopolis Posts: 11,026	I say Six-Seven when referring to the camera and Six-by-Seven when talking about the format.

09-14-2009, 09:12 AM	#13
séamuis Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Savannah, U.S./Baguio City, P.H. Posts: 5,979	Originally posted by tuco I say Six-Seven when referring to the camera and Six-by-Seven when talking about the format. well that works, except there were two different naming schemes... 6x7 and 67.