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Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 8 Mar 2001 19:52:34 GMT
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Dave Schuler at orrex@excite.com wrote:
> Just for my own edification, has there ever been an official pronunciation
> proclamation by LEGO (which, if not for the pronuciation they use, could
> arguably rhyme with "ego" despite its etymology) as to which is the correct
> way to say Technic or Futuron? If not, I'd say it's up for grabs; for that
> matter (if they've never said one way or the other), it's up for grabs no
> matter what pronunciation they (or we) prefer. Precedent and etymology (and
> even the preference of the word's inventor) are useful but not absolutely
> conclusive for establishing pronunciation.
For that matter, has there ever been an official pronunciation proclamation
by LEGO to prove that their product is pronounced (leh-goh) as opposed to
(lee-goh) or even (lay-goh) ?
I follow the course of logic that:
Technical = (tek-nik-al)
and therefore,
Technic = (tek-nik)
I suspect people say (tek-neek) because they incorrectly think "technic" is
the correct spelling of the word "technique."
~Grand Admiral Muffin Head
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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 | | Phrenetic Phonetics
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| (...) 8^) Not me. My first exposure to "Technic" was in the form of "Technics," pronounced "teck-neeks" by a salesperson at a stereo store. Dave! (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Just for my own edification, has there ever been an official pronunciation proclamation by LEGO (which, if not for the pronuciation they use, could arguably rhyme with "ego" despite its etymology) as to which is the correct way to say Technic (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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