useless: How do you speak "wiki"? :)

Zepper · Post by **Zepper** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:16 pm

English isn't my mother-language... so... sometime ago, it was asked "how do you speak Samus".

So, I had an "idea".

Heck, how do you speak "wiki"? Is like "why + kee" or similar to "weeky"?

Luke · Post by **Luke** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:24 pm

Wick + ee

Dwedit · Post by **Dwedit** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:32 pm

I pronounce it like it rhymes with Micky, same as the last poster.

Note that in US English, "fit" and "feet" do not sound the same.

cpow · Post by **cpow** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:40 pm

Dwedit wrote:I pronounce it like it rhymes with Micky, same as the last poster.

Note that in US English, "fit" and "feet" do not sound the same.

I go for the full-on: wikka wikka wickaaaay!

Zepper · Post by **Zepper** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:52 pm

Uh... not yet.

cpow · Post by **cpow** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:07 pm

Zepper wrote:Uh... not yet.

Ok so that's usually after a few beers...

Zepper · Post by **Zepper** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:21 pm

Is like "why + kee" or similar to "weeky"?

Roth · Post by **Roth** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:37 pm

Go to this page and hit the little sound button next to the word 'wiki'.

Post by **tepples** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:26 am

It's not "Waikiki" (why key key). "Waikiki" has an A in it, the vowel that makes you open up and say [a:].

Wiki wiki wiki wiki! (Shut up!)
-- Newcleus, "Jam On It"

Zepper · Post by **Zepper** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:50 am

Roth wrote:Go to this page and hit the little sound button next to the word 'wiki'.

Thank you. Option #2 then...

tomaitheous · Post by **tomaitheous** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:24 pm

Zepper wrote:
Roth wrote:Go to this page and hit the little sound button next to the word 'wiki'.
Thank you. Option #2 then...

"weeky"? That's option #2? In the spoken example, it's like "wicky". "ee" is too drawn out, unless you're trying to sound funny or cute.

Dwedit · Post by **Dwedit** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:07 pm

tomaitheous wrote: "weeky"? That's option #2? In the spoken example, it's like "wicky". "ee" is too drawn out, unless you're trying to sound funny or cute.

Or speaking with a Brazilian accent? I haven't heard any Romance language accents that don't merge pit and Pete.

tokumaru · Post by **tokumaru** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:13 pm

Dwedit wrote:I haven't heard any Romance language accents that don't merge pit and Pete.

Yeah, this is true.

Zepper · Post by **Zepper** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:27 pm

My my...

My question has already been answered for my satisfaction, thanks to Roth.

Post by **tepples** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:38 pm

Dwedit wrote:I haven't heard any Romance language accents that don't merge pit and Pete.

This is Pit.

This is Pete.

They both have wings, and they can both be seen in Smashville on occasion.

This is the other Pete.