[alt-photo] Re: ware cyanotype paper sensitivity

[Tomas Sobota]

I don't think that it's so simple as to say "Mike pronounces it that way
so..." because the root 'argyro-' has been used well before  'argyrotype'
has been coined, so there is or should be an established way of pronouncing
it in English as there is in other languages. For example, histologists use
'argyrophilia' to denote the affinity of some tissues to be stained by
silver. This usage goes probably back to the XIX century if not before.
Just out of curiosity, how is 'argyros'  pronounced in modern Greek? I'm
familiar with classical Greek pronunciation, but not with modern Greek. Is
the sound of the gamma similar to the sound of the 'g' in Italian 'argento'?
BTW you cannot understand English. Only a good memory, a long practice and a
bit of luck can help you :-)

Tom Sobota
Madrid, Spain


On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Loris Medici <mail at loris.medici.name>wrote:

> I'll never understand English; why we don't pronounce gymnasium (which
> is close with argy- in the sense they both come from Greek to Latin to
> whatever...) the same way then? ;) Anyway, since Mike the inventor
> pronounce it that way, case is closed.
>
> Regards,
> Loris.
>
> P.S. Will continue to "jee" myself. Sounds a little bit less English
> to me that way... (Actually I can pronounce it in the Greek form too,
> but it's impossible to me describing that sound in the written
> medium.)
>
> 2010/1/11 Christina Anderson <zphoto at montana.net>:
> > John,
> > As a matter of fact, since this discussion started and I got more
> confused, I just emailed him and he agrees with you--it is JI as in
> ARR-JYE-ROW-TYPE, not GEE. So question answered, thanks to all for
> discussing and now I feel I can go into class not looking like a fool and
> leading poor innocent students astray.
> > Chris
> >
> > Christina Z. Anderson
> > christinaZanderson.com
> >
> > On Jan 11, 2010, at 11:29 AM, John Brewer wrote:
> >
> >> Mike Ware would be the best person to ask but ar"jee"rotype for me would
> be the American English pronunciation rather than the UK English. I would
> expect Mike to pronounce it ar"ji"rotype where the j is like j in John or
> jar and the I as in the pronoun.
> >>
> >> J.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org [mailto:
> alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of Loris
> Medici
> >> Sent: 11 January 2010 18:05
> >> To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list
> >> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: ware cyanotype paper sensitivity
> >>
> >> Should be pronounced as noted below I guess: (I mean the first part...)
> >>
> >> http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/argyria
> >>
> >> Notice the phonetic notation "\är-ˈjir-ē-ə\"
> >>
> >> And this:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:American_Heritage_Dictionary_representation
> >>
> >> I therefore pronounce it ar"jee"rotype all the time...
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Loris.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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