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Question: How do you pronounce "Wikipedia"?
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"wi-[key]-pedia"		  
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« on: March 10, 2009, 06:48:31 AM »
I mostly hear "wi-[key]-pedia," which I regard as the "correct" pronunciation. I nonetheless always pronounce it as "wi-[kuh]-pedia." Option 1 just seems too awkward.

Any fellow heretics?
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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2009, 07:25:24 AM »
Never heard or considered that it would be anything but wik-uh-pedia.
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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2009, 08:22:01 AM »
Well, it depends.  I normally shorten it to just "wiki" and say "wi-KEY".  As in, "have you looked at the wiki for it yet?"  When I do say the full word, I do the wi-KUH thing.
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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2009, 08:55:26 AM »
Option 2. It sounds less ridiculous.
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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2009, 08:58:22 AM »
More like "Wi-kih-pedia"
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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2009, 10:57:28 AM »
Voted #1: Usually however Wik-keeh-pee-dee-ah.
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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2009, 11:04:17 AM »

^^^
Though 'wi-key' for short.
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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2009, 11:07:21 AM »
Option two
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« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2009, 12:17:25 PM »
I think it's obviously option 1 if you're being formal, since "wiki" is obviously pronounced only one way in Hawaii

BUT in colloquial or common English, that is, 95% of the time, the "kuh" should be used in order to ease the flow of the word.
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« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2009, 12:23:41 PM »
     Option 2, seeing as how I'm not a fan of glottal stops.
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« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2009, 04:53:28 PM »
Option 2, as I'm not Jimbo Wales...

Wik-ee for short... like everyone else.
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« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2009, 08:10:51 PM »
/ˌwɪ.kə.'pi.ɾi.ə/
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« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2009, 08:22:25 PM »
wi-ka-pee-dya...and 'och aye the noo' etc. Smiley
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« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2009, 08:25:41 PM »
Quote from: Harry the Greatest on March 10, 2009, 07:25:24 AM
Never heard or considered that it would be anything but wik-uh-pedia.

That's closer to how I pronounce it.
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« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2009, 11:07:44 PM »
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« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2009, 12:03:16 AM »

Exactly like this.
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« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2009, 12:12:29 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2009, 12:14:07 AM »
     Finally, the sensible option pulls into the lead.
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« Reply #18 on: March 11, 2009, 05:50:06 AM »
I asked the gf, who has strong connections to Hawaii since her family is all from there and visits there frequently, what people in Hawaii say, and apparently it's the second option.  This is surprising to me considering where the word wiki comes from.

I still maintain that in formal speech, the first one should be used.
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« Reply #19 on: March 11, 2009, 04:12:35 PM »
How do you pronounce "kilo," and how do you pronounce "kilogram"? For that matter, how do you pronounce "meter," and how do you pronounce "kilometer"?
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« Reply #20 on: March 11, 2009, 04:15:24 PM »
Quote from: Philip on March 11, 2009, 04:12:35 PM
How do you pronounce "kilo," and how do you pronounce "kilogram"? For that matter, how do you pronounce "meter," and how do you pronounce "kilometer"?

Kee-loh, Kee-loh-grahmm, mee-turr and kil-lohm-mit-turr
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« Reply #21 on: March 11, 2009, 09:42:28 PM »
Option 1, largely because I use the word "wiki" a lot (We use a wiki at work.)
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