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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Scott Smallbeck writes:
> A question that I now have is what is the correct pronunciation of TECHNIC?
> I have always pronounced it tech-nick while I often hear other saying
> tech-nique.
I say Teck-nick. While I used to say tech-nique, I realized that it's not true
anymore given some of the juniorization of the theme, so there's less true
building technique involved.
> While we are on the topic,
*ahem* Technic-ally, we are off-topic. Any discussion solely about Lego in
this room is off-topic :-) Thus, anything else is on topic.
> what about Scala? Most people I know pronounce
> it with a long A but a case could be made for using a short A.
I say Scay-la. IMO, either way, it just sounds *bad*. Scala should have been
the name of a reptiloid System theme.
> Guess I have too much time on my hands today.
Why? Are you wearing several dozen wristwatches?
-Tom McD.
when replying, beware of ticking spamcake.
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| (...) I'm having deja-vu all over again;-) Correct pronunciations: teck-nick sk- Al- uh [1] Jiff poe-tay-toe toe-may-toe her-ass-ment Or-eh?-gun t-ou-n june-your (...) Unless we argue about it, then we're back off-topic. (...) rep-tie-lloyd (...) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| I have existed in my own little LEGO universe for the past few years and it is just recently that I was exposed in the flesh to other AFOL. An interesting thing occurs when people just read words and do not hear them used in conversation, they make (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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