It's because it's from the lating "inflamere" - to set on fire. The "in" is not a negative here. That would be "unflammable".
How to Pronounce Lakon?
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It's because it's from the lating "inflamere" - to set on fire. The "in" is not a negative here. That would be "unflammable".
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well damn you and your facts... you aint wrong!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/flammable-or-inflammable
I'm a teacher, it's my job to be right (in fact, I had a job interview today and got the job, so soon I will be "Head of Computer Science" which has a nice ring to it)
I'm an American, and I say "Lay-Con". Also East of the Mississippi, in the region we call the Mid-West, for some reason.
And that's what linguists call "a load of crap." I didn't mention RP once for a very good reason.
You asked for people's opinions. No one agreed with you. I showed you that there are (and I quote myself, as it's important to the point) strong patterns in the correspondence between English graphemes and phonemes, and you reject it.
Suit yourself. From this point on, I shall call you Nergber5507, because I don't care what other people think about how I communicate.
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It's /la:kon/, /da:liŋ/.
I once had a job as Senior Head of Information Technology.
The acronym wasn't as reassuring as I expected.
Right, OK, I was using that as an example of prescriptive pronunciation.
I think you misunderstood me. I wasn't asking for opinions so much as asking how people naturally pronounced something, and there's no right or wrong about that. We all know the "correct" way it's pronounced in game, in any case.
I understand your point about patterns, but different dialects have different patterns, so insisting on one correct pronunciation promotes one dialect over all others. As far as linguistics go most seem to regard English as a descriptive language these days. That's debatable though, so neither view is technically wrong and both have held sway at different points. In any case, nowhere have I insisted that my pronunciation is the "right" one or anything.
Not really, though it depends on the linguist.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_linguistic_prescription_in_English:
"During the second half of the 20th century, the prescriptionist tradition of usage commentators started to fall under increasing criticism. Thus, works such as the Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, appearing in 1993, attempt to describe usage issues of words and syntax as they are actually used by writers of note, rather than to judge them by standards derived from logic, fine distinctions, or Latin grammar."
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We used to call the Poly at which I earnt my degree "South Hertforde Insitute of Technology".
Well...Someone Has Investigated This. Guess I'm Following Up Completely Knackered.
You can't use the pronunciation being insulting in another language as a guide. Vauxhall used to sell a car called the "Nova"
I'm surprised our American friends haven't changed that to superfluos....
Don't forget the silent 'k' as in 'gnat'.
Ive heard Russian, Indian, American, Australian, Japanese accents to name a few.
They all say Lay-Con.
I'm not a native English speaker nor a linguist but since there's no American language, every word Americans pronounce differently than Brits must be wrong by default... right?
ha no given our history we all speak different, quite amazing for a small island really. We generally understand each other however.
Heres a couple of vids
[video=youtube;Ru7S9sqwmmI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru7S9sqwmmI[/video]
[video=youtube;2pZ-Ny8q22o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZ-Ny8q22o[/video]
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