AJA or “AJAH” Pronounciation

[Sean Oneil]

You say each letter. Your professor is right. But in practice everyone I know says it like a word.

Sean

[Gary Adcock]

[Anthony Fennell] “Is it pronounced A.J.A. letter per letter or “AJAH””

Sean is correct.
the Company name comes from someone initials.

however…..
AJA gave away t-shirts at NAB a couple of years ago, that listed 5-6 different pronunciations with a tag line that read something like ” we don’t care what you call us”

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[Elijah Lynn]

I call it ajah. Sounds cooler.

Edit – Actually more like (ah-jhah)

[Winston A. cely]

Kinda like Austin Powers evil adversary Goldmember: “Aaahh-jhahh.”

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[Michael Gissing]

Perhaps Steely Dan style it should be more like “Asia”

[Arnie Schlissel]

[Michael Gissing] “Perhaps Steely Dan style it should be more like “Asia””

Which is how I usually say it. I’ve had cogent conversations with people who say “ah-jah”, and we’ve usually understood each other (at least about the capture device!). But they answer the phone “Ay-Jay-Ay video.”

Arnie
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[Chris Poisson]

I had to believe the Steely Dan comment would come into this thread, but I have asked this question before and it semes the letters are how you pronounce AJA. But, great album eh?

Have a wonderful day.