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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 27, 2007 8:31:07 GMT -5
The other night, a guy I know made reference to wikipedia and I realized that this was the first time I've heard the word spoken aloud by someone besides myself.
He pronounced it "WY-kepedia, whereas going by how it looks I pronounced it wikipedia-wik sounding like "lick" or "sick". How is it pronounced?
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Post by Libertine on Dec 27, 2007 8:35:31 GMT -5
Wiki - So it rhymes with "sticky."
Pedia - Well, just like Encyclo-"pedia"...
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Post by chibidiablo on Dec 27, 2007 8:35:46 GMT -5
You're right
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 27, 2007 8:38:06 GMT -5
cool, I'll never convince him of that, but oh well. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2007 8:41:03 GMT -5
I pronounce it 'Wick-E-Pedia'.
Always presumed that was right.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 27, 2007 8:44:25 GMT -5
I don't know the "correct" pronunciation, but if I just say "Wiki" I either say "wik-ee" with a hard 'e' or "wee-kee"
If I say "wikipedia" both I's are soft I's. Like wicked pedia, without the 'd'.
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Dec 27, 2007 8:47:10 GMT -5
i rotate between "wik-E-pedia" (which i'd done ever since I learned about the site) and "wik-UH-pedia" (which I started doing occasionally because that's how my wife says it and it stuck. Oh, and that's how Sideshow Bob pronounced it in the most recent episode of The Simpsons he showed up on)
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Post by Kash Flagg on Dec 27, 2007 8:47:46 GMT -5
I call it "that dere thang on the funny pitcher box".
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Dec 27, 2007 9:58:19 GMT -5
I call it: "Wick-uh-pee-dee-uh"
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Dec 27, 2007 10:02:03 GMT -5
If you can't pronounce Wikipedia, you lose at life. Just give it up.
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Post by HRH The KING on Dec 27, 2007 10:11:42 GMT -5
Wicky-Pee-Dee-Ah
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Post by Just "Dan" is Fine, Thank You on Dec 27, 2007 11:32:15 GMT -5
Wee-Kee is the correct pronunciation of the prefix, but according to Wikipedia's Wikipedia article, the following are acceptable:
wɪkɨˈpiːdiə/, /ˌwiːkiˈpiːdiə/, /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/ or /ˌwiːkiˈpeɪdiə
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Post by gsguy on Dec 27, 2007 13:13:59 GMT -5
Wik-e-pedia is how I pronounce it.
By the way Willy, is that Charlie Callas in your sig?
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Dec 27, 2007 13:17:33 GMT -5
Wih-kih-PEE-dee-uh.
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Post by bubbles on Dec 27, 2007 13:21:26 GMT -5
Wocky-purd-ear-are
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Dec 27, 2007 13:22:40 GMT -5
Just listen to how Stephen Colbert says it, that HAS to be right.
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Post by Nick Loves Dr. Pepper on Dec 27, 2007 13:23:40 GMT -5
Wik-e-pedia is how I pronounce it. By the way Willy, is that Charlie Callas in your sig? It looks like Michael McDonald from MadTV to me. ^^^^ Stephen Colbert is always right but deaf in his right ear. |
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Dec 27, 2007 13:58:13 GMT -5
Personally, "wee-kee-pedia". Allan Funk could not be reached for comment.
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Post by Flying Leg Kicks on Dec 27, 2007 14:44:43 GMT -5
Definately "wee-kee"
The White Sox had a Wiki Gonzalez in spring training last year and that was how it was pronounced.
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Post by Next Level was WRONG on Dec 27, 2007 15:00:03 GMT -5
Why-kie-pae-wild-west-willy-kelly-pie-po-pe-day-ea.
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