How do you pronounce IREM?

[guyjin]

this video got me thinking: what is the usual way to pronounce IREM?
the guy in the video pronounces it the first way; I always pronounced it the second way.
How do you do it?

[Sinistron]

I ream sounds kinda bad.  I'll stick with I-rem.

[nectarsis]

Option 2 is the only one that feels right.

[Necromancer]

I say it the second way, though I suppose you could pronounce it as eye argh ee em since it's an acronym.

[ccovell]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irem

Katakana doesn't lie.  (Though it often conflates...)   

[Tatsujin]

AI-RE-MU

[Joe Redifer]

I leave off the syllable at the end (no "oo") since I have the ability to end sounds on a consonant.  It is Irem, exactly how it looks.

[Turbo D]

Eye Rem. 

[nat]

Anyone who pronounces it differently than Turbo D is a major goofnugget.

[Tatsujin]

it simply depends in which country i use that "word".

[Joe Redifer]

It's simple, if you spell it as "アイレム", then you pronounce it as AI-RE-MU in a high-pitched schoolgirl squeal. If you spell it as "IREM", then you pronounce it as eye-rem, just as it looks.

[Tatsujin]

nothing more and less than just right (except for that thing with the high-pitched schoolgirl squeal). close thread!!

[Keranu]

It's simple, if you spell it as "アイレム", then you pronounce it as AI-RE-MU in a high-pitched schoolgirl squeal. If you spell it as "IREM", then you pronounce it as eye-rem, just as it looks.

Exactly.

I'm surprised by the poll though. I always pronounced it Eye-Rem as well, butI didn't think it was going to be such a landslide for that option.

[Joe Redifer]

(except for that thing with the high-pitched schoolgirl squeal)

I just got off the phone with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and he says it is required.

[Tatsujin]

huh..so..ehm well it is. ok, but thanx for the value info, will remember next time i have to use it