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Education Annoying mis-pronunciations

Discussion in 'General' started by SiMonTiST, 13 May 2003.

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    731|\|37 ESD Engineer in Training

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    ok if people are going to spell things out phoneticaly by sylable there is something to be observed. the definition of a sylable is a grouing of letters with one vowel sound

    com-an-der
    not
    com-ander

    always said Lin-ux
    always said ess-que-ell
    always said Ni-kee
    always said Al-ue-min-um (never heard of aluminium)

    my a+ cert teacher always said Maul-ix (as oposed to Mole-ex)
    eye-sa (as oposed to ISA) (yes I did have to studdy that)

    DROVE ME UP A SMEGGING WALL!
     
  2. JuMpErFLY

    JuMpErFLY Minimodder

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  3. Flibblebot

    Flibblebot Smile with me

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    Linux used to be pronounced "Linn-ucks" because is was based on Linus Torvalds first name, which is pronounced "Linn-uss". However, as the OS has become more widespread, the more common pronunciation "line-ucks" has become the accepted pronunciation, and even approved by the Linux Foundation.

    "Sequel" is the industry pronunciation of SQL - and certainly in every IT dept I've been in, saying "ess-kew-ell" tends to mark people out as knowing less than they think :D
     
  4. MrWillyWonka

    MrWillyWonka Chocolate computers galore!

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    "Route" is prounounced roote in the UK but roawt in the US, same as the "alumiumn" and "grey" - The British tend to say "gray" now, even though we still spell it "grey".
     
  5. Eliminos

    Eliminos What's a Dremel?

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    Aluminum and Aluminium came about when an American discovered it, and named it Aluminum. To keep with the nomenclature of elements having -ium on the end, the British [and other countries] called it Aluminium instead.

    So technically to pronouce it Aluminum you are wrong because it doesn't follow logical element nomenclature. But to call it Aluminium is equally as wrong because that is not what it was originally called.
     
  6. padair

    padair Inebriated

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    Unless of course you mean route in the context of routing an enemy or a router for wood :)
     
  7. quack

    quack Minimodder

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    How do you pronounce grey any differently to gray?
     
  8. MrWillyWonka

    MrWillyWonka Chocolate computers galore!

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    Well, two of my graphics teachers at my old school used to pronounce it with more of an e sound that a. That goes for one of my friends too, but I guess that could just be his Irish accent! :hehe:
     
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    quack Minimodder

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    Like gree? Never heard that myself.
     
  10. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    http://www.world-aluminium.org/history/language.html

    Noah Webster is really to blame, he compiled the best-selling US dictionary, and had some idiosyncratic views on spelling. :rolleyes:
     
  11. ajiKaBooM!

    ajiKaBooM! What's a Dremel?

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    Sphere pronounced 'spear'
     
  12. cderalow

    cderalow bondage master!

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    I always knew you were a commie!

    lol

    my biggest pet peeve: LaCk of ProPeR capitalization (also, people who improperly use s & z in "ation" words)
     
  13. julianmartin

    julianmartin resident cyborg.

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    Racialist is actually a word you know...
     
  14. padair

    padair Inebriated

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    The use of z instead of s in words like organise / organize, is an instance were the american version is the original old english spelling and the standard english version is the one that's changed.
     
  15. kenco_uk

    kenco_uk I unsuccessfully then tried again

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    Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but 'me-ur' instead of mirror is another one that grates my cheese.
     
  16. slappy

    slappy What's a Dremel?

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    Sorry to bring an old thread back to life but....

    Being from the USA, some of the pronounciations are strictly regional.

    In the area I live in we say "root" not "rout".

    ah-dee-dis.

    nike/nikeee is the same as porsch/porscha. Everyone has a different pronounciation.

    Gray/Grey is pronounced the same. Only the spelling makes a difference.

    Albino is pronounced Al-Bye-No, I dont know any other way to pronounce it.

    Aluminum is Aluminum over here, Aluminium is European.

    Linux is Linn-ucks. I associate with linux admins and they all pronounce it the same way.

    Same as SQL. Ess-kew-ell. I have never heard of any other pronounciation, even from European people.

    At this current time we (USA) say two thousand and six.
    Two double ought six sounds wrong. So does twenty oh six.
    That does not mean it will not change.

    Contractions; You all (Y'all) seem to hate them. Sadly for we Americans, they are a way of life.

    Y'all is slang. It should not be considered proper American English.

    Do not= Don't ( for the sake of one letter).
    This is the way most American contractions work.

    Would, should, could, add n't to mean would not, etc.

    would, should, could, add 've and you get would have, etc

    Can't = can not
    Won't= will not (figure that one out)

    Isn't = is not

    Does not = doesn't

    The more I think about the American English language, The more I no longer understand the syntax of it.

    Regards, Slappy
     
  17. woof82

    woof82 What's a Dremel?

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    Well, we use all those contractions apart from y'all.

    Oh, and it's MySQL like - My sea-kwell.
    Porscha... ugh, I hate that.
     
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    ive never heard it as bee-tah before......
     
  19. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    We always use beta as bee-ta(h), and we're all devs here.

    MySQL is my-S-Q-L, you need to spell it out as its an Abbreviation. You don't say rey-ahh (RIAA), you don't say mssss (MS), you certainly don't say fhhhh-p (PHP).
     
  20. walle

    walle Minimodder

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    "off topic"

    In order to sort out the facts !

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

    It should be called Aluminium. The word Aluminum turned out to be a spelling misstake! :duh:

    on topic

    Pet hate for me, is the general abuse of the language (pidgin, Creole). Then again; my native tongue is not English :worried:
     
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