aidiz

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

Do you recognize the word by this pronuntiation?

It is supposed to be plural.

Aidiz

 

[emsr2d2]

Are you suggesting that it's an English word written phonetically? I would read what you wrote as "eye-dizz". That doesn't sound like any English word I can think of. The closest word I can think of is "ideas" but the 'pronunciation' given is wrong for that word.

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

Yes, it is a word I heard in the radio. An English one.

 

[lotus888]

Could it be "audits"?

Were they talking about business or taxes?


--lotus

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

It sounds like ID's. ID is short for identification document (as a noun) and identify or inspect identification document (as a verb). With an S, it's either a plural noun or singular verb.

Noun:
Did she have her ID with her?

Plural noun:
Did they have their ID's with them?

Verb for identify:
They IDed him the minute he walked in the door.

Verb referring to inspection of a document:
I got IDed at five bars last night.
He ID's strangers before he lets them through the gate.

This is an American expression. I don't know whether it's used in other countries.

 

[emsr2d2]

Surely there must have been some context. I'm sure you didn't simply hear one word on the radio, in isolation. What were they talking about generally?

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

Sorry pals. Neither "audits" nor "ID´s". And I'm afraid that the context is too vague.

 

[emsr2d2]

Well, then, you won't get an answer here, I'm afraid! And if the context was so vague, how do you know that neither "audits" nor "IDs" is correct?

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

Well, then, you won't get an answer here, I'm afraid! And if the context was so vague, how do you know that neither "audits" nor "IDs" is correct?

I know for sure it was neither "audits" nor "IDs".

What about "aidis"?

 

[emsr2d2]

That is not an English word either. Nor is it the pronunciation of any English word I know.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Well, then, you won't get an answer here, I'm afraid! And if the context was so vague, how do you know that neither "audits" nor "IDs" is correct?

Well, he heard it, so I have to give him the benefit of the doubt. Jose, someone suggested ideas. Could that be it?

 

[Rover_KE]

Can you make it clear whether the first syllable rhymes with 'pay' or 'pie'?

 

[Mrfatso]

Not A Teacher

One guess is possibly the acronym for Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome AIDS.

 

[emsr2d2]

That doesn't explain it ending with what apparently sounds like "iz". It just sounds like "aids".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

That is not an English word either. Nor is it the pronunciation of any English word I know.

Hi, Em -

What do you call an ID and IDing in England?

 

[Mrfatso]

That doesn't explain it ending with what apparently sounds like "iz". It just sounds like "aids".

Not A Teacher
No I guess you are right.

Charlie Bernstein we have no mandatory Identification Papers in the United Kingdom we would use a Passport or Driving Licence as ID if he had to.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

What about Hades, the underworld, with a cockney accent?

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi, Em -

What do you call an ID and IDing in England?

We call it the same thing.

Have you got your ID?
I was IDed at a pub last night.
They'll be IDing everyone at the gig.

Under 25s can get a photocard which confirms their age. The rest of us would have to produce a driving licence or passport as we don't have national ID cards (yet!)

 

[Raymott]

I think he's given up, as well he should if there's absolutely no context.
No es una palabra en inglés, José.

 

[Tdol]

How about two words- aid is?