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VJ Maverick
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Posted - 2007.11.05 01:30:00 -
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Edited by: VJ Maverick on 05/11/2007 01:31:17
 Originally by: Bish Ounen
Originally by: Sangxianc
Originally by: Bish Ounen
Edited by: Bish Ounen on 04/11/2007 22:49:20
TRIMARK: pronounced "try-mark". The prefix "tri" is ALWAYS pronounced "try". Period. End of discussion.
Trilogy.
Also I don't know how CCP derived Trimark or whether they intended tri to be the tri- prefix or just the three letters tri (it doesn't always have to be the prefix.)
However try-mark is undeniably the most natural way for a native English speaker to pronunce the word.
Ok, ya got me on that one. I keep forgetting that there really are no really hard and fast rules in English. 
No, Bish. You are correct. As a "prefix" to another stand-alone word, the term "tri" is always pronounced "try". Trilogy, is pronounced Tri-logy because in "trilogy", "tri" is NOT a prefix but rather an integral part of the word. The term "logy" as a "study of something" is never used alone. Mark, angle, cycle are all stand-alone words by themselves.
Originally by: Bodhisattvas
by the way you keep on missing the "a" from pwn, do you need any help with its pl |
VJ Maverick
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Posted - 2007.11.05 14:46:00 -
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Edited by: VJ Maverick on 05/11/2007 14:48:04
Originally by: Leya Marcsson
Edited by: Leya Marcsson on 05/11/2007 03:45:36
Originally by: VJ Maverick
As a "prefix" to another stand-alone word, the term "tri" is always pronounced "try". Trilogy, is pronounced Tri-logy because in "trilogy", "tri" is NOT a prefix but rather an integral part of the word.
"Tri" in "Trilogy" is ofcourse a prefix.
The direct translation is tri = 3 and logy <= logie <= logia = act, creation. So a Trilogy is a work with 3 parts. "Pentalogy" and "Tetralogy" are also quite common. You see the picture? :)
Ever hear someone use the word "logy" by itself? Logy is not a stand-alone word in the English language. It is HALF a word. That is why every dictionary definition lists it as "-logy", with the hyphen denoting that something MUST precede it. Thus, when "tri" is used to with another stand alone word, it is always pronounced "TRY." And when it's added to half a word such as "-logy", that rule does not apply. My point is not about whether the word tri meets the technical definiton of a prefix. It is about the correct way to pronounce TRIMARK. Get the picture?
Originally by: Bodhisattvas
by the way you keep on missing the "a" from pwn, do you need any help with its pl |
VJ Maverick
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Posted - 2007.11.05 15:14:00 -
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Originally by: Dan Grobag
I would pronounce trimark as I would pronounce triphase, wich mean for me, like "tree". How would you pronounce this one ?
Triphase is pronounced TRY - Faze. However, a related word "three-phase" is pronounced... well... three-phase.:)
Originally by: Bodhisattvas
by the way you keep on missing the "a" from pwn, do you need any help with its pl |
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Posted - 2007.11.05 18:31:00 -
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I'm a Polak living in the US. According to local stereotypes, Polish people do everything backwards. So I guess the proper way to pronounce "trimark" would be maahk-try.
Originally by: Bodhisattvas
by the way you keep on missing the "a" from pwn, do you need any help with its pl |
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Posted - 2007.11.06 00:32:00 -
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Edited by: VJ Maverick on 06/11/2007 00:31:45
Originally by: Yadee
I saw a list once of numbers of native speakers and it was something like
1. spanish
2. english
3. ???
4. Profit?
5. mandarin
iirc
been several years ago though
Fixed.
Originally by: Bodhisattvas
by the way you keep on missing the "a" from pwn, do you need any help with its pl |
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