In reply to Rog Wilko:
It's all about where you put the emphasis. As soon as my brain puts the emphasis on the is (minISeries) I'm lost.
Reminds me of an English teacher of my acquaintance who was wont to correct his students' pronunciation by saying "I think you've put the emPHASis on the wrong sylLABle." Whether the student had the faintest idea what he was talking about was about 50:50.