open_mic sixteen mic, short for microphone. not mike. or mike? why open mike? is it some favor to people who can't read well and need that E at the end to realize its "myk" and not "mick"? or just habit to spell it "open MIKE" or... I dont get it. its open mic. mic mic mic. not mike. or is it? I don't know. comments would be nice. I am curious. 030701 ... webster mike is an abbreviation for microphone mic is an abbreviation for methyl isocyanate 030701 ... User24 it's pronounced mike (isn't it?) 030701 ... sixteen mike Informal n. also mic (mk) A microphone. so hey I was the wrong one. but Mic IS also an abbreviation of microphone, according to the dictionary. Its just a variation of mike, which I think is the basic abbreviation. So anyway, I'm embarrassed. Lets just dismiss this, if we can.... heh heh? *sigh* Honestly, I don't usually stick my foot in my mouth so...er...severely. 030701 ... sixteen http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?p=dict&String=exact&Acronym=MIC 030701 ... sixteen yeah its pronounced mike its just that mic was a better abbreviation, in my opinion, because thats how you begin the spelling of microphone. It made sense. plus...it should just be understood that its pronounced 'mike', not 'mick' as m-i-c would kinda imply. 030701 ... three words open_mic americans fuckers 100621 ... unhinged i gotta start singing again maybe i'll go to mikal 's night on the southside on mondays 100622 what's it to you? who go blather from