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Tom McDonald wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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
> > 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.
Unless we argue about it, then we're back off-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.
rep-tie-lloyd
> > Guess I have too much time on my hands today.
>
> Why? Are you wearing several dozen wristwatches?
could just be cooking with parsely, sage, and rosemary
> -Tom McD.
> when replying, beware of ticking spamcake.
Or the spamming tickcake.
-John
[1] funny story (to me, at least). When Scala first came out, the logo had the
"S" swoop around in close proximity to the "L". My daughter saw it as a "T", and
called it Scata. *That's* how it's pronounced in our household;-)
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| (...) That's a no-brainer you should live in Washington State with cities like Puyallup (Pew-al-up) and Poulsbo (Pauls-bow) of course around here its New Ore-leans instead of the correct N'arlens. Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, John Neal (<380BCC45.7D5D37A@uswest.net>) wrote at 01:42:03 (...) Does anyone else see the Znap logo as Zwar? That's how I first read it, and now every time I see it I still think the same, before mentally editing it back to (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| (...) 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. (...) *ahem* Technic-ally, we are off-topic. Any discussion (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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