"say" mens... or "see" mens

[alpha tag]

just wanted to know how it's pronounced..

[Dain_Bramage]

I believe it is indeed pronounced like "see-mens". Unfortunately, it does sound like a male excretion. Siemens is quite big in Europe and they sell stuff like fridges, appliances and other household items.

[joy wang]

of course it is pronounced as "see" mens

[ctaylor88]

I think a German person would probably say "zeemens".

[F.Ruehl]

Originally posted by ctaylor88
I think a German person would probably say "zeemens".

Exactly.

Frank (who is German)

BTW: Siemens was founded 1847 in Berlin and currently employs about 484.000 people. Businesses are Information and Communications, Automation and Control, Power, Transportation, Medical, Lighting, and Financing and Real Estate. Sales in 2001 were 87 billion Euros.

[Martin]

Just to amend that for the US:
Here, Siemens employs more than 80,000 people and the 2001 sales exceeded $ 20bn.
The best known Siemens companies in the US are Siemens Westinghouse Power Generation, Siemens Medical Solutions (includes Acuson), Siemens Energy & Automation, and Osram Sylvania.
Martin

[normandeli]

I didn't realize Siemens owned/co-owned those companies. Very interesting....

[WalkmanX]

Originally posted by Martin
Just to amend that for the US:
Here, Siemens employs more than 80,000 people and the 2001 sales exceeded $ 20bn.
The best known Siemens companies in the US are Siemens Westinghouse Power Generation, Siemens Medical Solutions (includes Acuson), Siemens Energy & Automation, and Osram Sylvania.
Martin

Osram Sylvania make CoolBlues their light bulbs are awesome! Too bad I had to leave 'em in the garage for my HIDs

[mawti]

Originally posted by WalkmanX


Osram Sylvania make CoolBlues their light bulbs are awesome! Too bad I had to leave 'em in the garage for my HIDs

Bah! Whatever there, Mr. Rich-Man. So what car you drive then, Richie?

[WalkmanX]

Originally posted by mawti


Bah! Whatever there, Mr. Rich-Man. So what car you drive then, Richie?

nah nah, I'm not rich, I just got aftermarket HIDs on my Integra