Do you say "L-S-A-C/T" or "EL-SACK/SAT"?

inactive

Just for fun, because I noticed both my wife and I say LSAC/LSAT differently. I go the "word" approach and sat ELSAT, where she goes the letter approach and says L-S-A-T.

What do you do?

rakinalikhan

i do the ELSACK/SAT way. just easier to say imo

inactive

I think that's my reasoning too. When I try to sound out the letters, it just sounds off to me.

Accounts Playable

I sometimes go back and forth between ELSACK and L-S-A-C. I've always called it the ELSAT unless I'd get mad. Then I'd call it the LSHIT

inactive

@"Accounts Playable" said:
I've always called it the ELSAT unless I'd get mad. Then I'd call it the LSHIT

rakinalikhan

LSAC: Life Sucks A lot Continuously.

Alex

@"Dillon A. Wright" you are king of the gifs! Where do you get them I have to know ?

I say "ELSAT"
But, I say L-S-A-C for the LSAC. I'm not sure why to be honest...I don't think I have ever said the word LSAC, I've only written it, so maybe I am wrong in how I *think* I say it.

inactive

@"Alex Divine" said:
Where do you get them I have to know ?

@"Alex Divine" said:
I've only written it, so maybe I am wrong in how I *think* I say it.

Say it out loud and find out!

Nanchito-1-1

Lsac- ehlsak
Lsat- ehlsat
A few years ago I used to call it lsats.

Cant Get Right

Yeah I feel pretty strongly about ELSACK/SAT. It's half the work which means it's twice as good. I'm all about packing a lot of meaning into as little as possible.

Sprinkles

I'm El-sac and El-sat either way is fine but I have a pet peeve of people saying "the lsats"

Sprinkles

Join our side @"Alex Divine" #TeamElSacOfShit

181please

El Diablo. Elsack/sat

danielznelson

Elsat even though I typically cannot stand anything even remotely related to abbreviations. @montaha.rizeq I too shudder at the sound of "the lsats."

Alex

@"Cant Get Right" said:
Yeah I feel pretty strongly about ELSACK/SAT. It's half the work which means it's twice as good. I'm all about packing a lot of meaning into as little as possible.

OK, it's official -- I am joining the ELsack side. It is half the work so it only makes sense!

@montaha.rizeq said:
Join our side @"Alex Divine" #TeamElSacOfShit

Alex

@"Dillon A. Wright" said:
Say it out loud and find out!

Yeah, I definitely was saying the L-S-A-C. The good news is I realized the error in my ways and have converted to ELsack. It feels right!

Sprinkles

@danielznelson I've tried to ration and justify why people add the "s" at the end....but I simply cannot tolerate. IT MAKES NO SENSE.

Sprinkles

@"Alex Divine" said:
It feels right!

YES!

Alex

@montaha.rizeq said:
@danielznelson I've tried to ration and justify why people add the "s" at the end....but I simply cannot tolerate. IT MAKES NO SENSE.

OMG! When people say "EL-SATS" ....

It just makes me angry for no reason, lol.

Nanchito-1-1

If I really think about it, the s at the end makes it sound more friendly. Well, friendlier than Lsat. Almost minimalizing it. I stopped saying lsats after my first actual take when I found out my wack score.

inactive

Funny enough, I was listening to the proctor voice that J.Y. did and he said "L-S-A-C" and I kind of sat there for a moment going "Huh? Is that how you say it?" and that's when I made this thread.

Sprinkles

@"Dillon A. Wright" haha! I noticed that too! I attributed it to him just being a proper proctor because that's how my proctor always says it. El-sac is the street name obviously lol

MrSamIam

Everyone I know, including those who have no interested in attending law school pronounce it "El-Sat." LSAC is pronounced "Organization-that-needs-to-reissue-PDFs-NOW" or something like that.

Nanchito-1-1

@MrSamIam Have you tried ripping apart the binding of the 10 actuals? They come apart nicely.

MrSamIam

@nanchito I have, that is the method I am using now. I'm just a little sour over the fact that they actually banned PDFs.

BinghamtonDave

there is a guy at my gym that says "El-SATS" and I've always wondered why the "S"...?

Sprinkles

@David3389 said:
why the "S"...?

It's sooooooo disrespectful! You don't hear anyone say "How's the MCATs going for ya?" or "hey pal, how is the GREs treatin' ya?"