"Tee Oh Ess" or "Toss"?

[F. King Daniel]

TOS: How do you say it?

Until I listened to a G & T show podcast, I always assumed it to be "Tee Oh Ess".

 

[Iamnotspock]

"Tee Oh Ess." I've never heard it pronounced "Toss." I wouldn't say that any more than I'd call DS9 "Duh-Suun."

 

[Lieut. Arex]

"Ess-Tee"

 

[Wingsley]

You say "to-may-toh" and I say "to-mah-toh"!

Or perhaps TOS is best called "TREK".

 

[A.V.I.A.F.]

It's Star Trek...period. All the others are just pale imitations.

 

[JarodRussell]

Toss

Tee Enn Gee

Dee Ess Nine

Voy

 

[MANT!]

T-O-S

 

[SchwEnt]

Yeah, I was gonna say...
I pronounce it "STAR-TREK".

 

[Greg Cox]

Toss

Tee Enn Gee

Dee Ess Nine

Voy

Nah, I've always heard:

Tee Oh Ess

Tee Enn Gee

Dee Ess Nine

And, to be honest, I've never heard anyone call Voyager anything but "Voyager."

 

[Deranged Nasat]

I suppose I read it "Toz", to the extent that I read it at all. I usually just register it without dwelling on it. If I were saying it out loud I'd say "The Original Series".

 

[C.E. Evans]

"T-O-S"

"Toss" makes me think of "Tosser," which is a UK slang for wanker...

 

[A beaker full of death]

For the life of me, I just can't think of anything I've ever cared less about.
Well, maybe Justin Bieber.

 

[plynch]

Toozh

 

[Bad Atom]

Around here I'll call it TOS (and would presumably pronounce it "T-O-S") but in real life I just call it "the original".

(Also, I just noticed I'm a commodore! Appropriate in the TOS forum, no?)

 

[Tiberius]

My girlfriend and I generally call it Classic Trek.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

"Tee Oh Ess." I've never heard it pronounced "Toss." I wouldn't say that any more than I'd call DS9 "Duh-Suun."

Hey, Duh-Suun is my favourite show, MKAY?

 

[Andrew_Kearley]

Generally, I say "Star Trek" - that's what it's called, after all. If clarification is needed, then I might call it "Proper Star Trek" or "The Proper One with Captain Kirk".

The only time I've used the TOS retronym is possibly in conversation with Trekkies - I don't know many - in which case I'll always pronounce it "Toss", because that's a lot funnier if you're British.

 

[Tan Ru]

Tee Oh Ess

'cause "toss" is just too................icky.......

 

[Greg Cox]

If I'm talking to non-Trekkies, I tend to call it "the original STAR TREK" or "classic STAR TREK."

TOS just gets blank looks.

 

[Winterwind]

Toss

Tee Enn Gee

Dee Ess Nine

Voy

Nah, I've always heard:

Tee Oh Ess

Tee Enn Gee

Dee Ess Nine

And, to be honest, I've never heard anyone call Voyager anything but "Voyager."

The same. Never heard it called Voy.

Hmm... Eee N Tee seems to be missing. I blame Ting and their take over of the finale.