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Hawkmoon

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How do you pronounce it?
« on: January 03, 2018, 12:51:28 AM »
The word for the day is "quasi." How do you pronounce it?

KWAY'-zeye (rhymes with "sigh")

or

KWAH'-zee
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Re: How do you pronounce it?
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2018, 01:11:33 AM »
I have a hunch that most people are in a KWAH'-zee mode.
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Re: How do you pronounce it?
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2018, 01:12:05 AM »
Neither.  I pronounce it "Kwah Zeye"  (rhymes with "sigh") with both syllables stressed the same.
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Re: How do you pronounce it?
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2018, 02:17:20 AM »
Quote from: zxcvbob on January 03, 2018, 01:12:05 AM
Neither.  I pronounce it "Kwah Zeye"  (rhymes with "sigh") with both syllables stressed the same.

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Re: How do you pronounce it?
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2018, 06:46:43 AM »
I'm with Bob and AD. 

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Re: How do you pronounce it?
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2018, 08:20:20 AM »
I'm with quasimoto.
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Re: How do you pronounce it?
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2018, 08:39:23 AM »
If used as a prefix, by itself, I usually pronounce "Kwah-zee" as in "quasiparticle."

If used as a prefix, with a dash, I usually pronounce is "Kwah- Zye" as in "quasi-endowment."

Standing alone, I usually pronounce "Kwah-Zye".
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