Eh thernet or Ethernet?

Ben M said:
eth er net

ee ther net sounds very american
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Fantastic that, considering Xerox invented it. It's an American invention so you should call it how they do?

It's one of the few cases when the American pronunciation is the correct one.

The English pronunciation can be found in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary at http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=ethereal. According to the book "Computer Networks" by Andrew Tannenbaum, Ethernet was named after the "luminiferous ether" which was once thought to carry electromagnetic radiation. Taking that into consideration, Ethereal seemed like an appropriate name for something that started out as an Ethernet analyzer.
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Ee-Thur-Net
 
nikebee said:
Fantastic that, considering Xerox invented it. It's an American invention so you should call it how they do?

It's one of the few cases when the American pronunciation is the correct one.
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We aren't American though, so we pronounce it our own way. Would you expet a French person to pronounce it the same way?

The American pronunciation is just that, American.
 
Delvis said:
I don't even know what Phonetic means, so that doesn't really help me ;)
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It is pronounced ee-ther-net. Source: Any dictionary; ē'thər-nět'

That's fairly obvious from your post. It made no sense at all! :)

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/help/phonetics.htm

... and a definition:

pho·net·ic (fə-nět'ĭk)

adj.
- Of or relating to phonetics.
- Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols, each designating a single sound: phonetic spelling.
- Of, relating to, or being features of pronunciation that are not phonemically distinctive in a language, as aspiration of consonants or vowel length in English.
 
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Hellsmk2 said:
That's fairly obvious from your post. It made no sense at all! :)

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/help/phonetics.htm

... and a definition:

pho·net·ic (fə-nět'ĭk)

adj.
- Of or relating to phonetics.
- Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols, each designating a single sound: phonetic spelling.
- Of, relating to, or being features of pronunciation that are not phonemically distinctive in a language, as aspiration of consonants or vowel length in English.
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Well, you do learn something every day.

I knew they were there, just didn't know what they were called.

Ta though.
 
fə-nět'ĭk

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ē'thər-nĕt

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Honestly does anyone here actually understand these phoenetic symbols? :confused:

They're like learning a whole new language lol, seems like a bit too much effort just for the sake of learning how to pronounce a handful of words :o
 
Delvis said:
Well, you do learn something every day.

I knew they were there, just didn't know what they were called.

Ta though.
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Ahem - I just re-read that original post and I come across as a bit of a knob. Apologies!

Heofz said:
fə-nět'ĭk

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ē'thər-nĕt

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Honestly does anyone here actually understand these phoenetic symbols? :confused:

They're like learning a whole new language lol, seems like a bit too much effort just for the sake of learning how to pronounce a handful of words :o
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When teach phonics as a large part of your job, you pick them up fairly quickly!
 
Hellsmk2 said:
When teach phonics as a large part of your job, you pick them up fairly quickly!
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Yeah sorry that wasn't aimed directly at you, I was just wondering why they're such a common thing to see everywhere as if every human being instinctively knows their meaning lol
 
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