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Re: Phrenetic Phonetics
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 8 Mar 2001 22:36:52 GMT
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Dave Schuler at orrex@excite.com wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > I follow the course of logic that:
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> > Technical = (tek-nik-al)
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> > and therefore,
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> > Technic = (tek-nik)
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> > I suspect people say (tek-neek) because they incorrectly think "technic" is
> > the correct spelling of the word "technique."
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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.
Wow, another person who pronounces it wrong. :^P
I can't find anything in the dictionary that's spelled "Technic" and
pronounced (tek-neek)
~Grand Admiral Muffin Head
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Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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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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