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When I started grad school in semiconductor electronics, I noticed everyone pronounced it "si-li-cun", while normal people usually say "si-li-con". Maybe it's j
by fferen 3y ago
When I started grad school in semiconductor electronics, I noticed everyone pronounced it "si-li-cun", while normal people usually say "si-li-con". Maybe it's just a west coast thing.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoLike finance/finance
- tuatoru 3y agoTo me, those are the verb and the noun respectively. "He will finance the project." "The project got its finance." With silicon, I think I stress the first syllable, if any.
- frogulis 3y agoHuh interesting, I definitely make that distinction for "refuse" but not "finance". That's from an Australian English speaker though.
- matt_kantor 3y agoIt's the same for me (a US English speaker raised on the east coast who lived on the west coast for a decade). I also wouldn't pronounce "financing" as "financeing", and I don't recall ever hearing a fellow American pronounce it that way, even if they might say "finance".
- kazinator 3y agoWhether it's c'n or cahn, the first syllable gets the stress; that is not the issue. I would say that the project got its financing, or maybe that it became financed. Finance as a noun is the whole field of handling money (Bob works in finance). I pronounce it all starting with "fine".
- kimjune01 3y agoFor those who are curious, "fine-ance" / "fin-ance"
- trav4225 3y agoMy impression was always that this was an east/west-coast thing. I could be wrong!
- kazinator 3y agoSir Francis Bay Con would like a word with you.