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Even the weathermen can't get it right :(

#1 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:03 pm

It's arc-tic, not are-tic. :roll:
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#2 Post by andrewjackson » Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:05 am

Bob Juch wrote:It's arc-tic, not are-tic. :roll:
While I do try to always say ark-tik, Webster says the pronunciation is ark-tik, ar-tik.
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#3 Post by etaoin22 » Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:10 am

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.
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#4 Post by littlebeast13 » Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:14 am

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.....

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#5 Post by silverscreenselect » Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:43 am

Bob Juch wrote:It's arc-tic, not are-tic. :roll:
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#6 Post by ne1410s » Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:18 pm

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

But the one that grates most is : ek cetera. :?
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#7 Post by andrewjackson » Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:34 pm

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?
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#8 Post by gsabc » Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:27 pm

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.
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#9 Post by andrewjackson » Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:37 pm

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.
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#10 Post by silverscreenselect » Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:52 pm

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?
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