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Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

Brainpolice — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:08:21 GMT

You gave the answer I was looking for. Thanks.

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

A.L.Pruitt — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:17:49 GMT

Before I answer your question I would just like to make one point. Minarchism pronounced Min-Archism does make sense, as already pointed out.
min = minimal , archy = rule. Unfortunately the english language is inherently bloody confusing as unfortunately the english are a bunch of wimps (just kidding). But seriously, the Romans, Picts/Scots, Jutes, Angles, Saxons, Danes, Sorse, Swedish, AND the Normans. And let's not forget the dutch. So that's a lot of language influence....Yet I digress.

If we could find the context in which the word was coined or a recording of the word in use by the original coiner of the term, then we would have the correct pronunciation.

"The term was coined in 1970 or 1971 by Samuel Edward Konkin III, an anarchist. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minarchism

And to quote from here...

http://www.BlackCrayon.com/library/dictionary/?term=minarchism

"MINARCHISM Term coined in 1971 by SEK3 to substitute for the clumsy phrase, "limited-government Libertarian."

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

Brainpolice — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:49:57 GMT

MINE! ARE! CHI! SM!

Now for a completely different question: where or from whom does this word derive?

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

allixpeeke — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:46:41 GMT

Dynamix:
1. myne-ark-izm
or

2. minn-ark-izm

The second. Min • are • kism

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

Rhotair — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:05:01 GMT

Dynamix:
wow, this thread turned out kinda fun.

And there ain't no law against this! ;-)

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

Dynamix — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:13:12 GMT

wow, this thread turned out kinda fun.

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

Anonymous Coward — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:11:24 GMT

I don't pronounce it, I sing it M - i - c - k -e -y - A - n - a - r - key...

Sorry, couldn't resist... I'll go ahead and slap myself...

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

Rhotair — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:10:58 GMT

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=anarchism

Minarchism wasn't in the Merriam-Webster, but it sounds quite alike

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

Paul — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:54:10 GMT

Oh; you're forgiven then ... but I've heard that pronunciation before, and I don't think that's the reason. (Google "Hermione her-moyn" for a lot of examples)

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

A.L.Pruitt — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:30:27 GMT

I swapped the letters in my head. If I read too fast, I swap things.

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

Paul — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:17:23 GMT

minarchism = min-ark-izm (OP's second option)

praxeology = praksee-O-logy

a priori = ay pry-OR-ee (a prior-ee is a place you'd expect to find monks )

(And how on Earth do you get "her-moine" from "Hermione"? I can see 'er-mee-own (thinking it's French) or "her-my-own" or something, but "moine"?)

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

Inquisitor — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:07:27 GMT

I pronounce praxeology that way. A priori also varies in its pronunciations (I pronounce it 'ay-prior-ee'.)

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

A.L.Pruitt — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:57:08 GMT

Mine-Archy? Well I guess I 've been pronouncing it wrong all this time. That's not unusual for me.
First time I saw praxeology, I thought it was Prax-E-ology, and Hermione was Her-moine.
Dyslexia be dammed!

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

Dynamix — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:35:19 GMT

loweleif:
Or does the first sound like the word mine?

Yes.

Inquisitor:

First pronunciation.

Thank you.

Re: How to pronounce "minarchism"

Inquisitor — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:27:15 GMT

First pronunciation.