Audacy vs Odyssey

[inkman]

So when Entercom changed its name to Audacy, I didn’t think much of it. As we’ve gotten used to the change I still can’t get past the fact that the people they hire for the ads pronounce it “Odyssey”.  Come to find out with the Google, it’s meant to be pronounced like Odyssey.  Outside of the central Pennsylvania, does anyone actually pronounce it that way.  It sure looks like it should be pronounced aw-da-see. Is it a WNY thing? I know the nasally Rochester accent can impact these things. I just feel like I’m going crazy every time I hear their commercials. 

[Eleven]

They wanted it to be similar to "Odyssey" but they weren't going to be able to trademark that.  And "Audacy" has similarities to "audio."  Smart branding, IMO, even if they're annoying.

All of the ads I hear have the AWD rather than the ODD sound on the first syllable.

[Porous Five Hole]

7 minutes ago, Eleven said:

They wanted it to be similar to "Odyssey" but they weren't going to be able to trademark that.  And "Audacy" has similarities to "audio."  Smart branding, IMO, even if they're annoying.

All of the ads I hear have the AWD rather than the ODD sound on the first syllable.

You made the point that stuck in my craw.  It sounds like audio, but not spelled like audio. Kind of sounded like they were saying Audicy…but maybe that’s a Rochester problem. 

[shrader]

I always enjoy awful company names.  Here's a few I see all the time:

- Some big bank merger down here has created a bank named Truist.  I don' have much to say about it, but it's a stupid name.
- A bank up in Boston near my mother-in-law's is called Salem Five Bank.  Each time I see it, I always think it sounds more like the group of people robbing the bank. Why is it always the banks with dumb names?
- We have two garbage removal companies down here named Junk Doctors and Backwoods Junk Removal.  The jokes write themselves with these names.

[BuffRaleigh]

When they first switched, I couldn't stop calling it Audacity, LOL.  Still AUD though!

[PASabreFan]

Here we go again.

[PASabreFan]

So in "The Aud was an odd building," Aud and odd are not, in WNY, pronounced the same?

[Eleven]

1 hour ago, Porous Five Hole said:

You made the point that stuck in my craw.  It sounds like audio, but not spelled like audio. Kind of sounded like they were saying Audicy…but maybe that’s a Rochester problem. 

The second a in the name is, indeed, mispronounced to sound like a short i.

1 hour ago, shrader said:

Truist

This would instantly breed distrust in me.

[BuffRaleigh]

2 minutes ago, Eleven said:

The second a in the name is, indeed, mispronounced to sound like a short i.

This would instantly breed distrust in me.

You should see their fee structure.  Why anyone banks there is beyond me.  You want to hold my money and charge me how much to use it?  K Bye!

 

[inkman]

On 12/11/2025 at 2:50 PM, PASabreFan said:

So in "The Aud was an odd building," Aud and odd are not, in WNY, pronounced the same?

Not even close. Awd vs Ahd

On 12/11/2025 at 1:46 PM, shrader said:

I always enjoy awful company names.  Here's a few I see all the time:

- Some big bank merger down here has created a bank named Truist.  I don' have much to say about it, but it's a stupid name.
- A bank up in Boston near my mother-in-law's is called Salem Five Bank.  Each time I see it, I always think it sounds more like the group of people robbing the bank. Why is it always the banks with dumb names?
- We have two garbage removal companies down here named Junk Doctors and Backwoods Junk Removal.  The jokes write themselves with these names.

There is a waste management company in the 585 called White Trash Co.  It bothers me. 

[inkman]

On 12/11/2025 at 2:29 PM, PASabreFan said:

Here we go again.

I mean looking back I probably have started too many thread akin to this topic. Maybe I should have studied linguistics. This stuff fascinates me. 

[PASabreFan]

3 minutes ago, inkman said:

Not even close. Awd vs Ahd

I do not recall Rick, Ted or anyone in the Buffalo media pronouncing it other than Memorial Ahditorium.

[JoeSchmoe]

[PASabreFan]

 

[PASabreFan]

So cahfee vs. Long Island cawfee, is that what you're getting at?

[shrader]

Whenever people start trying to type out the way words sound, am I the only one who winds up completely lost?

36 minutes ago, inkman said:

Not even close. Awd vs Ahd

There is a waste management company in the 585 called White Trash Co.  It bothers me. 

We have Bland Lanscaping out here. That one is hilarious. If that’s your family name, you probably shouldn’t use it in th company name. 

[Weave]

17 minutes ago, shrader said:

Whenever people start trying to type out the way words sound, am I the only one who winds up completely lost?

We have Bland Lanscaping out here. That one is hilarious. If that’s your family name, you probably shouldn’t use it in th company name. 

Maybe it keeps expectations low.

[PASabreFan]

48 minutes ago, shrader said:

Whenever people start trying to type out the way words sound, am I the only one who winds up completely lost?

That's the problem here. Ah and aw are the same to me. Open up and say ah, shock and awe.