Fancy name for calorie counting

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  • JetJaguar
    JetJaguar Posts: 801 Member
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    kimny72 wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    I've pondered how to phonetically pronounce CICO so that I can tell people I follow the "KeeKo Diet" thinking that because it sounds like a person's name, it will lend itself to an appeal to authority, PLUS just enough people might confuse it with KETO that it automatically draws people in by association. Hypocaloric, while appealing, sounds too sciencey to get people to jump on board. People don't want scientifically proven methods, if they did, they'd be find with understanding that a simple calorie deficit is all that is required. They want something easy, that they think will give them results that are too good to be true...

    The Psycho (CICO) Diet. In addition, it causes people to give me a little extra personal space.

    I've been pronouncing CICO like "see sow", but this is better. I'll have to start using it!
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,967 Member
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    it's pronounced ky-ko lol
  • Ddsb11
    Ddsb11 Posts: 607 Member
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    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    hesn92 wrote: »
    it's pronounced ky-ko lol

    I always say See-Ko

    I can’t unsee Psycho now
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
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    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    hesn92 wrote: »
    it's pronounced ky-ko lol

    I always say See-Ko

    Great. Now I've got this annoying earworm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z1SFDpLbUs

    (The English lyrics go:

    Sico Sico looks good
    Just like you knew it would
    Sico Sico looks good and lasts so long

    Morning noon or night
    Sico is what you like
    Sico Sico looks good...
    ...And lasts so long!

    Sico-Sico! Sico-Sico!)

    Sorry I could only find the French version on Youtube.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
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    hesn92 wrote: »
    it's pronounced ky-ko lol

    This is how I read it too. But I am liking psycho.
  • Ddsb11
    Ddsb11 Posts: 607 Member
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    pinuplove wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    hesn92 wrote: »
    it's pronounced ky-ko lol

    This is how I read it too. But I am liking psycho.

    Am I the only lame *kitten* who's been saying See Eye See Oh in my head all this time? :disappointed:

    Nope 😂 I’m dying
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,013 Member
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    pinuplove wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    hesn92 wrote: »
    it's pronounced ky-ko lol

    This is how I read it too. But I am liking psycho.

    Am I the only lame *kitten* who's been saying See Eye See Oh in my head all this time? :disappointed:

    That is far too much effort.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,013 Member
    edited December 2018
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    Dammit, I knew I should've trademarked it first!
    It's honestly just the way I always pronounced it, I always think soft "c" before an "i" (like city or exercise) and hard "c" before "o" like cod or cobble.
    I would assume my Hispanic friends would say see-co. :smile:
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
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    kimny72 wrote: »
    pinuplove wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    hesn92 wrote: »
    it's pronounced ky-ko lol

    This is how I read it too. But I am liking psycho.

    Am I the only lame *kitten* who's been saying See Eye See Oh in my head all this time? :disappointed:

    That is far too much effort.

    Exactly. What's the point of an acronym if you're just going to say the letters? The acronym adds style, flair, and an easy way to say something more complex.

    With See Eye See Oh, you may as well just say calories in calories out. @pinuplove :wink: :flowerforyou:
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,874 Member
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    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    pinuplove wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    hesn92 wrote: »
    it's pronounced ky-ko lol

    This is how I read it too. But I am liking psycho.

    Am I the only lame *kitten* who's been saying See Eye See Oh in my head all this time? :disappointed:

    That is far too much effort.

    Exactly. What's the point of an acronym if you're just going to say the letters? The acronym adds style, flair, and an easy way to say something more complex.

    With See Eye See Oh, you may as well just say calories in calories out. @pinuplove :wink: :flowerforyou:

    @nutmegoreo Nuh-uh! :noway: See Eye See Oh saves you a whole 4 syllables!
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
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    Huh. My brain adds an "s" and says "sis-ko".

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