If pronounciation was an irritant they would have saved a lot of the hand-wringing by just putting an acute accent on the "e", as in, "MATÉ".
Yes, I know it was invented in Argentina where the accent isn't used. But if creators were at all concerned about global pronunciation and knowing there is already a popular use of the spelling in English ... the compromise would have helped. Since language prefers efficiency, the one-syllable version will not go away naturally -- the creators need to care enough to do something about it. Consider how most people (and even dictionaries <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/linux>) pronounce Linux as "Linnicks" even though Linus himself clearly wanted "Leenuks" in a vary short and famous audio clip <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c39QPDTDdXU>. He didn't press the issue and now the "canonical" pronunciation is all but dead. Nanny-scolding and obscure videos won't work. Visual clues in the word itself will. If only developers didn't detest marketing. It's not too late to add the accent. - Evan On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 10:05 AM Robert Brockway via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2023, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > > > There is more than one way to pronounce MATE? > > It should be pronounced in the manner of the South American drink it is > named after rather than how an English speaker would normally say 'mate'. > > Good short vid: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAqzdnNnvSQ > > Cheers, > > Rob > --- > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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