
If pronounciation was an irritant they would have saved a lot of the hand-wringing by just putting an acute accent on the "e", as in, "MATÉ". Yes, I know it was invented in Argentina where the accent isn't used. But if creators were at all concerned about global pronunciation and knowing there is already a popular use of the spelling in English ... the compromise would have helped. Since language prefers efficiency, the one-syllable version will not go away naturally -- the creators need to care enough to do something about it. Consider how most people (and even dictionaries <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/linux>) pronounce Linux as "Linnicks" even though Linus himself clearly wanted "Leenuks" in a vary short and famous audio clip <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c39QPDTDdXU>. He didn't press the issue and now the "canonical" pronunciation is all but dead. Nanny-scolding and obscure videos won't work. Visual clues in the word itself will. If only developers didn't detest marketing. It's not too late to add the accent. - Evan On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 10:05 AM Robert Brockway via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jul 2023, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote:
There is more than one way to pronounce MATE?
It should be pronounced in the manner of the South American drink it is named after rather than how an English speaker would normally say 'mate'.
Good short vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAqzdnNnvSQ
Cheers,
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