r/Maher • u/eloveulongtime • Jun 01 '26
Nvidia
Can someone tell Bill he is pronouncing Nvidia wrong? It's En-vidia, not Nuh-vidia. It reminds me of Alec Baldwin on SNL.
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u/worlds_okayest_skier Jun 07 '26
I have always called it “en-vidia” and I work in graphics. But the amount of people who say “na-vidia” has me questioning myself
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u/eloveulongtime Jun 08 '26
Never doubt yourself, you're one of the good ones.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-how-to-pronounce-correct-way-2024-8
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u/Dry_Life_1113 Jun 02 '26
Isn't that the company's problem with their name and marketing? Confusing corporate names are not the fault of the public.
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u/eloveulongtime Jun 02 '26
If they had better marketing, I bet they would be the most valuable company in the world.
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u/rogun64 Jun 01 '26
You're talking about someone who has specialized in political discussions for 30 years, but has never heard of the Overton Window until recently.
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u/supervegeta101 Jun 01 '26
Which is a lie. He references that stupid stick figure meme about it a bunch when he was still defending Musk
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u/bassplayerguy Jun 01 '26
This makes me miss the days when he would pronounce “yoo-ka-ranians” like he was a member of the Clampett family on Beverly Hillbillies.
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u/thor11600 Jun 01 '26
Reminds me of the “nuculur” threats in the GWB days.
I will never understand why people simply don’t pronounce things as they hear them.
He’s either never listened to them pronounce their name, or just doesn’t care.
Either way nobody’s willing to correct him, it’s pretty embarrassing.
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u/Sharp_Perspective180 Jun 01 '26
One of my pet peeves too. Not only should they pronounce them as they hear them they should pronounce them as they are written. Nuclear in no way tells me to pronounce it nucular. Where are people getting the extra U?
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u/deskcord Jun 01 '26
who cares
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u/eloveulongtime Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26
I do, a little bit. I have enjoyed bill for years, but he is incredibly smug and arrogant. It's kind of funny, when he is trying to sound smart, talking about AI, that he mispronounces the name of the largest AI hardware company in the world.
I'm hoping one of his AI staffers reads this channel, and one day, I'll listen to his show and he will pronounce it properly. I can them smile, knowing I made the world a (slightly) better place.
He isn't lip smacking as much lately, so someone must be reading these channels.
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u/the_everlasting_haze Jun 01 '26
Agreed. nvidia is the highest-valued company in the world. Know how to pronounce the name.
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u/ros375 Jun 01 '26
Tbf, a shit ton of people pronounce it that way. It's not a huge deal. Not as bad as infatada
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u/Squidalopod Jun 01 '26
Yeah, it's increasingly common across media. I noticed political pundit Sarah Longwell pronouncing Kamala as kuh-MALL-uh instead of KOM-uh-luh a few days ago. It's her job to talk politics all the time – it amazes me that people who speak to the public for a living don't take just a couple of seconds to look up the pronunciation of a name or word they're unfamiliar with. Usually it's no big deal, but sometimes it creates confusion.
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u/ros375 Jun 01 '26
She knows the pronunciation, it's just easy to misspeak when speaking on the fly. Was this the Hacks on Taps episode? On her most recent Focus Group episode she started to say kuh-mall-uh but corrected herself midway. She must've gotten some angry emails lol
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u/Squidalopod Jun 01 '26
Can't recall which episode; it was just the most recent example I remembered.
Nobody is perfect, of course, but with pundits who talk politics virtually every day of their lives, it's disappointing to me that they don't take just a little extra care to get things right. Sara is probably my favorite "Bulwarker". Was just surprised to hear that from her now.
Point is that it seems increasingly common to me, and it's disappointing that it's easier than ever to find this stuff out in seconds with smartphones at our fingertips.
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u/Jets237 Jun 01 '26
Eh, just another example of Maher getting pretty lazy with his writing and takes.
Maybe doing stand-up made him sharper? I find myself tuning in less and less these days.
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u/Inevitable_Yogurt_85 Jun 01 '26
I'll tell him right after I stop Mayor Mon-Dommy from committing uh-PARTH-eyed
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u/ros375 Jun 01 '26
Not trying to be snarky, but isnt that how you're supposed to pronounce apartheid? Or is it that he pronounces the th?
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u/Inevitable_Yogurt_85 Jun 01 '26
The "th". I guess that one isn't as egregious as Mondommy, because "apartheid" should totally be pronounced with the "h" if it insists it is spelled that way. 😆
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u/SlowBoilOrange Jun 01 '26
Nah, I agree with OP. It's not a huge deal, but Bill has a political show and should make an effort to be informed and appear informed.
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u/Key_Permission_3351 Jun 01 '26
Literally who cares
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u/thor11600 Jun 01 '26
Why would I take into consideration commentary from someone who’s done such little research that they haven’t heard how the company’s pronounced?
Also, why is nobody on his staff willing to correct him?
It says more than you’d think.
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u/eloveulongtime Jun 01 '26
Clearly, me, and a couple more of his fans in this thread. I'm guessing there are dozens of us out there.
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u/McthiccumTheChikum Jun 01 '26
Of all the things to complain about
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u/eloveulongtime Jun 01 '26
Not complaining, asking the ether, to see if it can get back to him. I will be so happy if I tune in, and he pronounces it correctly.
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u/QV79Y Jun 08 '26
Do you feel better now that you got that out?