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It's arc-tic, not are-tic.

Bob Juch wrote:It's arc-tic, not are-tic.

While I do try to always say ark-tik, Webster says the pronunciation is ark-tik, ar-tik.

Don't those air masses usually get pronounced "Canadian"?

NB we like to give pride of origin to Russia for some of our cold air, but if it is ar- k - tik air, then it is ar - k - tik air.

etaoin22 wrote:Don't those air masses usually get pronounced "Canadian"?

NB we like to give pride of origin to Russia for some of our cold air, but if it is ar- k - tik air, then it is ar - k - tik air.

There is a difference between Canadian and ar-tik air masses.

Canadian air masses are merely winter inconveniences....

Ar-tik air masses like what we got Sunday morning, are just &#@#&*@ cold.....

lb13

Bob Juch wrote:It's arc-tic, not are-tic.

Don't go all nucular about this.

As a former Geography teacher, I do dislike ar-tik.

But the one that grates most is : ek cetera.

ne1410s wrote:As a former Geography teacher, I do dislike ar-tik.

But the one that grates most is : ek cetera.

Oh, yeah. I hate that one. I can see dropping a sound in a word as in arctic. That happens all the time in English. But adding that "k" into et cetera? Where does that come from?

andrewjackson wrote:

ne1410s wrote:As a former Geography teacher, I do dislike ar-tik.

But the one that grates most is : ek cetera.

Oh, yeah. I hate that one. I can see dropping a sound in a word as in arctic. That happens all the time in English. But adding that "k" into et cetera? Where does that come from?

From the same laziness that has people "axing" a question.

gsabc wrote:

andrewjackson wrote:

ne1410s wrote:As a former Geography teacher, I do dislike ar-tik.

But the one that grates most is : ek cetera.

Oh, yeah. I hate that one. I can see dropping a sound in a word as in arctic. That happens all the time in English. But adding that "k" into et cetera? Where does that come from?

From the same laziness that has people "axing" a question.

But in that case the "k" sound is already there, people are just transposing the sounds. I really think that in this case people think the "k" sound is supposed to be in there. Maybe they think it is an "ex-" word. That is probably it.

andrewjackson wrote:

ne1410s wrote:As a former Geography teacher, I do dislike ar-tik.

But the one that grates most is : ek cetera.

Oh, yeah. I hate that one. I can see dropping a sound in a word as in arctic. That happens all the time in English. But adding that "k" into et cetera? Where does that come from?

How the ek should I know?