Grand MA?

[Charc]

Okay, okay, okay... this may be the worst question in the history of CB, but here it goes.

The Grand MA, is a high-end ML board, right? Well for the first time I discussed it in a conversation today (as opposed to reading about it), and I realized I never quite figured out how to pronounce that name. I mean, I guess the way it's written it looks to me like it's to be pronounced like the word "grandma" (as in grandmother). However that seemed so silly to me as I ran it by in my head I instead decided to stress the "A" in "MA" which then to me sounded more like a cow mooing. Now I am thoroughly confused on pronunciation...

[What Rigger?]

I know what you mean, Charc.

On my gig, I usually call it "The Grandma" (yes, we have several and sometimes they are as cantankerous as an old lady), occasionally I'll say "the Grand Em Ay" for whatever reason. All the squints usually know what I'm talkin' about either way.

[Radman]

It always sucks when words sound right in your head until you try to say them out loud. I always think "Grandma". But I've heard from a few places "Grand M A", so now I say whatever comes out. I like Grandma better.

[icewolf08]

I have always said "Grand M A" It is MA lighting, which I assume is probably an acronym for something, not pronounced "mah"

My 2 cents.

[Charc]

Thanks. The "M A" does sound logical.

[jonhirsh]

Ok well here is what i have found as a owner/ programmer.

I call it a Grand-M-A
Americans seem to call it the grandma
The germans i toured with called it the (phoneticly) Grand-M-ah

and seeing as its a german console i think they are right.

[DarSax]

Grand Em-Ay

Luckily, for some reason I never read it as "Grandma" (and it took me a few seconds to even realize that's what it was.)

Silly germans. :D

[gafftaper]

Yeah I too have heard: "grandma", "Grand-mah", and "grand em-ay". I purposely went to the MA booth at LDI only to hear the name pronounced by their people. Sadly it's the more boring option "Em-ay".

[Footer]

Well, the did run a series of adds a few years back that had a really old grandma looking lady next to the console... saying its not your "grandmas" lighting console...

[gafftaper]

Yeah "Grandma's" lighting console was 8 feet high and 12 feet wide and only had 16 dimmers. But it was a great workout running those lever's up and down.