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Smee

This article in itself borders upon fiction. "Ontologists"? That's even better. -155.69.163.187 (talk) 04:57, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

I have never heard anybody say "smeee" in any context other than a poor Gollum impression. 68.222.247.4 (talk) 13:48, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

The term is frequently used within the large corporation where I work, and in fact, sometimes pronounced 'smee' though usually to friendly tweak reputed SMEs. But the term is admittedly weak. Is there a difference between a 'subject matter expert' and an ordinary 'expert'? Can one be an expert absent a subject? (4 Mar 2011) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GradualStudent (talk • contribs) 13:49, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

I have worked as a defense contractor for 12 years now where the term is frequently used by both contractor and government personnel. In the DOD world of hyper acronyms the term is almost universally pronounced "smee", at least in my experience. In the community of simulation developers and government agencies I have been involved in, many acronyms are pronounced, and not always consistently. The acronym DIS (for Distributed Interactive Simulation) is pronounced as "diss" by most people. Some do say "D-I-S" instead; and some mix both methods in the same conversation. I would be highly surprised that anyone would actually write about it in some place worthy of being cited.James Duke (talk) 14:59, 23 September 2011 (UTC)