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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] wikiwiki (was Re: Klingon Weather Forecast)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Anderson)
Thu Aug 3 03:48:51 2017
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From: Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 03:48:26 -0400
To: Klingon language email discussion forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>,
Tim Stoffel <tim@lionlamb.us>
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On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 3:32 AM, Tim Stoffel <tim@lionlamb.us> wrote:
> Maybe its a regional dialect thing. Everyone here pronounces 'wiki'
> like it rhhymes with 'mickey'.
>
It's more like a *lack of regional dialect* thing. Those who know the
language it is derived from are relatively few, compared to those who have
read the Internet term.
When I'm talking about the pseudo-markup for quick editing of web pages, I
generally pronounce "wiki" with a first vowel kind of between the "i" in
"bit" and the "ee" in "beet". It's sort of a compromise between the
Hawaiian origin and the Anglicized rendition. But if I'm invoking the
reduplicated "wikiwiki" for "really quick", I generally pronounce it with
all "ee" sounds. As with the obvious cognates "caffeine" and {qa'vIn}, I
don't feel the need to slavishly maintain the pronunciation from one
language when I'm using the word in another.
But if you insist that it *has* to be "weekee" because of its etymology,
you should also be pronouncing "encyclopedia" with a hard "k" sound because
of its Greek origin. :-P
-- ghunchu'wI'
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On T=
hu, Aug 3, 2017 at 3:32 AM, Tim Stoffel <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:tim@lionlamb.us" target=3D"_blank">tim@lionlamb.us</a>></span> wrot=
e:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-l=
eft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Maybe its a regional dialect thing. Ev=
eryone here pronounces 'wiki'<br>
like it rhhymes with 'mickey'.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>=
It's more like a *lack of regional dialect* thing. Those who know the l=
anguage it is derived from are relatively few, compared to those who have r=
ead the Internet term.<br><br>When I'm talking about the pseudo-markup =
for quick editing of web pages, I generally pronounce "wiki" with=
a first vowel kind of between the "i" in "bit" and the=
"ee" in "beet". It's sort of a compromise between =
the Hawaiian origin and the Anglicized rendition. But if I'm invoking t=
he reduplicated "wikiwiki" for "really quick", I genera=
lly pronounce it with all "ee" sounds. As with the obvious cognat=
es "caffeine" and {qa'vIn}, I don't feel the need to slav=
ishly maintain the pronunciation from one language when I'm using the w=
ord in another.<br><br>But if you insist that it *has* to be "weekee&q=
uot; because of its etymology, you should also be pronouncing "encyclo=
pedia" with a hard "k" sound because of its Greek origin. :-=
P<br><br>-- ghunchu'wI'</div></div></div></div>
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