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¿Question #4386?
puffinge: How do you pronounce Ys?

Woelf: Like you're saying the word "east", but in French so the "t" is silent.
pwilz: Ys -- Edit -- Sorry, Bill. That was immature of me to answer your question that way. Chalk it up to youth, arrogance, and inexperience. The answer is that you pronounce Ys the same way you pronounce the first syllable of Yspahan. --Edit again -- Who cares, I'm not playing that game again. --Edit one more time: I mean I won't play Ys again, probably. I'll play Yspahan with anyone who wants to right now though.
pricero1: wise
flaeryn: Ee-ss
AaronTheSkull: By making mouth noises.
LaughingTulkas: Ys
Jatoha: Like this: Ys.
MochaPixel: "EES"
Felimid: Wyz.
SBelley: Wise i suppose would make the same sound in my accent.
razumny: Like the question (i.e. WHY oh WHY do people go on asking these questions???
MartinWin: Üs.
Frubgarde: Eeesss, give or take a few 'e's and/or 's's. "Make like a snake", as Nixon once said.
cipiii: Depends on where you're from
Hendal: during a heroscape game, very slowly
Hector Vortac: Nahasapeemapetilon
Fairer Sex: Yisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Boot2daHead: I think it's pronounced 'hiss'.
wmau24: wise
pyr-shep: The right way
bluebehir: Is.
DHEK: Normally I'll say "Whys" (sounds like wise), unless it's for something specific that has another way of pronouncing it (like "yees" - sounds like yeast).
elirlandes: Depends very much upon in which word they are located, and in which language I am speaking.
kmcdougan: Is
aleo09: plural for Y?
shrinkerman: "Yiss"
SanguinousRex: Ease.
sdonohue: iz
leslauber: Just like it's spelled.
stevegamer: Using a combination of tongue, teeth, lips, and forced air.
dkwd: as EYES
Ebon Wendigo: Ys
DoctorWu: whys
ZiggyZambo: how they are supposed to be pronounced
Beelzebub: "Eezs"
bigbadsteve: with emphasis on the r
petepat: yes
dmomo: Yes
Nekura: No
Roja: Ys
erli: Ys = "EIs"
FrozenHoHos: I don't.
scriptorum: I don't. I leave it to the experts.
vampywife: much like you would pronounce wise.
Cavedog_pdx: zzzzzzzzzzz
Shotmagnet: with great difficulty
heli: I prefer to de-Frenchify it and say "eeees" to rhyme with lease.
SteveK2: Hiss (with a silent H)
ct_cruiser: Ys
zombiegod: whys
brainrob: Ys
Joanna Olsen: With ease ...
_Kael_: Ys. Plain&simple. Ys
modboy: yisss
Bahamut-X: Like Yes withouth an E
axarca: "Bcaus"
GI Joe: "Yis"
VikingBerserker: WISE
jttm: Eess
GrandpaDave: Ys
skrutsch: I think I've read that it's hiss.
Lord_Prussian: Ys
chaddyboy_2000: I don't know.
puffinge: Well thanks for clearing that up, everyone.
skelebone: Wise.
CortexBomb: Ease
sos1: ees
CDRodeffer: "yes"
Spielfreak: iss
Randy Cox: Bill, I'd like to warn you that you're asking a lot of questions.