"How do you pronounce 'SoSH'?"

The question of how to pronounce "SoSH" has been disputed on SoSH over the years possibly more than any other question, even more often than who would win a fight between a bear and a shark. Where better to answer the most disputed question in SoSH history than a reference site of counterarguments to arguments that have been posted numerous times on SoSH?

If you look at how words spelled similarly to "SoSH" are pronounced, the commonality is obvious.

• bosh
• gosh
• josh, or Josh as a nickname for Joshua
  
• kibosh
• Macintosh/McIntosh
• mosh
• nosh
  
• posh
• sloshed
• tosh

The main argument used by the misled who pronounce SoSH with a long o is that unlike the words I just posted, SoSH is an acronym like "OSHA". Anyone who uses this argument can take a look at these acronyms:

SOT

In production, a sound bite is known elsewhere as "SOT" -- which stands for "sound on tape" (no, nobody uses tape anymore) and pronounced as if it was a habitual drunk.

SOQ

SOQ (pronounced "sock"): Short for standard outcue, or the words a news reporter says at the end of a report

Apple SOS, which used a correct pronunciation to create a pun.

Apple SOS, or "Sophisticated Operating System", pronounced "Apple Sauce"

SoS

Scum Of Society
Short form, SoS, pronounced Sauce.

Here's something else to think about if you're still skeptical. What common interest brought people to Sons of Sam Horn in the first place? You don't pronounce the answer to that question, "The Red Soaks". That doesn't even work for people who use the acronym excuse.

SoX

Serenity of X (SoX - pronounced just like "socks")

In conclusion, the correct way to pronounce "SoSH" can be answered by using either or both of my two former avatars below.