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How to pronounce "minarchism"

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Dynamix Posted: Wed, Dec 12 2007 2:11 PM

I really hate to have to start a thread here to ask this question, but there's no "stupid questions" subforum, so...

 

1. myne-ark-izm

or

2. minn-ark-izm

 

(and yes, I have googled this)

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A.L.Pruitt replied on Wed, Dec 12 2007 3:45 PM
Doesn't that produce the same sound? Or does the first sound like the word mine?
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Don Roberto replied on Wed, Dec 12 2007 4:09 PM

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

I guess that's exactly the point. In my opinion the right pronounciation should be like the words minimal etc. This way there's also some connection to the meaning of the word but whatdo I know, there are many weird pronounciations out there that don't seem to make much sense.

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Inquisitor replied on Wed, Dec 12 2007 4:27 PM

 First pronunciation.

 

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Dynamix replied on Wed, Dec 12 2007 4:35 PM

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

 Yes. 

Inquisitor:

 First pronunciation.

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A.L.Pruitt replied on Wed, Dec 12 2007 4:57 PM
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.
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Inquisitor replied on Wed, Dec 12 2007 7:07 PM

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

 

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Paul replied on Thu, Dec 13 2007 11:17 PM

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 Smile)

(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"?)

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A.L.Pruitt replied on Fri, Dec 14 2007 12:30 AM
I swapped the letters in my head. If I read too fast, I swap things.
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Paul replied on Fri, Dec 14 2007 12:54 AM

Oh; you're forgiven then Smile ... 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)

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Rhotair replied on Fri, Dec 14 2007 9:10 AM

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

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

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Anonymous Coward replied on Fri, Dec 14 2007 5:11 PM

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

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Dynamix replied on Fri, Dec 14 2007 10:13 PM

wow, this thread turned out kinda fun. Party!!!

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Rhotair replied on Sat, Dec 15 2007 2:05 AM

Dynamix:

wow, this thread turned out kinda fun. Party!!!

 

 

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

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allixpeeke replied on Sat, Dec 15 2007 5:46 PM

Dynamix:
1. myne-ark-izm

or

2. minn-ark-izm

The second.  Min • are • kism

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Brainpolice replied on Sat, Dec 15 2007 7:49 PM

MINE! ARE! CHI! SM!

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

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A.L.Pruitt replied on Sat, Dec 15 2007 8:17 PM
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."
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Brainpolice replied on Sat, Dec 15 2007 9:08 PM

You gave the answer I was looking for. Thanks.

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