How do you pronounce LED?

Ive just seen a Tourch (Flashlight to you north americans)
which has a whole bunch of Leds (Leads) as a light source

that should be Torch lol

"led" sounds like the metal lead or the past tense of the verb "to lead",I prefer to pronounce it el- ee- dee.

Gajanan
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DickyUK said:

that should be Torch lol

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Do you really call 'em "leds"... ? Because I have never heard that in the UK.

"Leds" (leads) is what you gets in pencils! (shrugs)
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Barrie Davis said:

DickyUK said:

that should be Torch lol

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Do you really call 'em "leds"... ? Because I have never heard that in the UK.

"Leds" (leads) is what you gets in pencils! (shrugs)
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With you Barry , over 20 years in electronics industry and never head anyone pronounce it led (as in Lead) , always el lee dee .

Halibut said:

bikinchris said:

But in England, they talk about things very differently than the US. They do things like "go to hostpital" instead of go to THE hospital.

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Go to hospital and go to the hospital have different and clear meanings.

The first implies the need for treatment of some sort without necessarily indicating which, if any, particular establishment.

The second implies the same need, but would tend to indicate that one particular establishment is to be gone to.

Eg, My doc says that I have to go to hospital to have my toe looked at. But, I have to go to the hospital on Tuesday to have my toe... etc.

(Yuk, rereading that, I have no doubt that my "to be gone to" is horribly ungrammatical!!)

And everybody I know says ell ee dee. I don't think I've ever heard anybody pronounce it like the metal Pb.

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Not in America.

If I say I need to go to the hospital, it's definitely not referring to a specific place.

If I'm hungry I wouldn't say I need to go to restaurant and then ad a "the" if I had a specific one in mind.

I think the common American way to say it is probably proper. Though, it very may well be a gray area. Either way, I don't think it matters much. I just don't feel your explanation made a lot of sense when thought through. It maybe be that "go to hospital" is correct, but the reason given doesn't seem to hold true.

Google lied to you.

Where did you read that result?

aman74 said:

Halibut said:

bikinchris said:

But in England, they talk about things very differently than the US. They do things like "go to hostpital" instead of go to THE hospital.

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Go to hospital and go to the hospital have different and clear meanings.

The first implies the need for treatment of some sort without necessarily indicating which, if any, particular establishment.

The second implies the same need, but would tend to indicate that one particular establishment is to be gone to.

Eg, My doc says that I have to go to hospital to have my toe looked at. But, I have to go to the hospital on Tuesday to have my toe... etc.

(Yuk, rereading that, I have no doubt that my "to be gone to" is horribly ungrammatical!!)

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If I say I need to go to the hospital, it's definitely not referring to a specific place.

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Then what you are saying is grammatically incorrect. The correct version is "I need to go to a hospital." It's wrong to use a definite article (the) to specify an indefinite noun (any hospital).

"I need to go to hospital" seems incorrect as well, but consider these other cases.

What does each of these imply - "I'm going to school", "I'm going to the school", "I'm going to a school" - who would use each one and why?

In "I'm going to work", "work" sounds like a verb, but in "I left my glasses at work", it functions as a noun.

Hospital is like that - if you "go to hospital" you're going to stay there for treatment, but if you "go to the hospital" you're probably just visiting (that distinction is unambiguous in Australian English as well). If you "go to school" you are going to participate in schooling.

aman74 said:

If I'm hungry I wouldn't say I need to go to restaurant and then ad a "the" if I had a specific one in mind.

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Excellent counter example. "You need to go to a restaurant."

aman74 said:

Google lied to you.
Where did you read that result?

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"a led": http://www.google.com/search?q=%22relation+with%22&hl=pt&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images#sclient=psy-ab&hl=pt&lr=&source=hp&q=%22a+led%22&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=37973bb859947445&biw=1016&bih=743

"an led": http://www.google.com/search?q=%22relation+with%22&hl=pt&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images#sclient=psy-ab&hl=pt&lr=&source=hp&q=%22an+led%22&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=37973bb859947445&biw=1016&bih=743

It was roughly 3:1 last week.
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WilbaW said:

aman74 said:

If I'm hungry I wouldn't say I need to go to restaurant and then ad a "the" if I had a specific one in mind.

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Excellent counter example. "You need to go to a restaurant."

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You mean, so he can "go eat?" ;-)

"Go to school," "go to church," "go to hospital" "go to town," "go to sea"... all perfectly normal.
In each case it means to do the things that are done in the place in question..
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Baz

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DickyUK said:

All vowels should be preceded with an "an"

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As in "an union made in heaven" perhaps?
Don't be so sweeping.