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Pronunciation on Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:31 pm

### somefatguy

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1187

Just clarifying...but "psi" is pronounced "si" right?
But hey, I bet lots of other people don't know how to pronounce it either.
On second hand...it could just be me

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Posted on Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:34 pm

### Apollo

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1589

psi is pronounced "sigh"
Psionics is pronounced "sigh-on-ek-s"
Telepathy is pronounced "tell-ep-a-thie"
etc etc

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Posted on Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:36 pm

### somefatguy

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1187

Apollo wrote:
psi is pronounced "sigh" Psionics is pronounced "sigh-on-ek-s" Telepathy is pronounced "tell-ep-a-thie" etc etc

Well yeah, my pronunciation key was basically the same. "si" to "sigh"

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Posted on Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:52 pm

### ShadowWolfX

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 507

Yep, just like ep-si-lon.

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Posted on Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:17 pm

### Peebrain

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Joined: 27 Nov 2005
Posts: 716

I pronounce psi like "sigh". I think NI was saying he pronounced it like "pseee". The correct english/American version is "sigh" though. Lopsided.
~Sean

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Posted on Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:00 am

### eversosleepy

Joined: 27 Nov 2005
Posts: 72

Er...that would make it 'puh-sigh', Sean.

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Posted on Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:11 am

### GreatWhiteNinja

Joined: 16 Feb 2006
Posts: 429

eversosleepy wrote:
Er...that would make it 'puh-sigh', Sean.

P's can be silent. Or were you just kidding?

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Posted on Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:13 am

### somefatguy

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1187

Sheesh, I guess I was the only one who wasn't for sure. How did you guys know? I think I read all of the articles...and none of them said anything about pronunciation. I always pronunced it like P-S-I you know, just saying the letters.

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Posted on Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:41 am

### Apollo

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1589

GreatWhiteNinja wrote:

eversosleepy wrote:
Er...that would make it 'puh-sigh', Sean.

P's can be silent. Or were you just kidding?

Peebs said lopsidid and ESS pointed out that in that example, it would not be pronounced correctly.

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Posted on Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:38 am

### Peebrain

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Joined: 27 Nov 2005
Posts: 716

The lopsided example is how you would pronounce the p with the sigh. It's another way to pronounce it... but it's still sigh at the end. Not seeee. I read it on some Greek alphabet website...
~Sean

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Posted on Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:48 pm

### Vladimir

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 666

It's supposed to be pronounced "see" as it's a Greek letter, but English speakers pronounce it "psi", probably because of "psy" etc.

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Posted on Mon May 01, 2006 6:14 am

### Woodpecker

Joined: 24 Apr 2006
Posts: 218

I thought you pronounced the individul letters at first, too. I still have trouble with "Ptolemy"!! (Though I do know how to say it). Psi is definitely pronounced 'sigh' though.

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