How do you pronounce 'Mushkin' ?

Thegonagle

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I speak American, so I say "mush," as in "mushroom," and "kin," as in "Munchkin" from Wizard of Oz.
 

martalli

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I say Much as in mushroom, and ae (long a) - suhs.

However, I have only read about these - There is only one other person I know (at work) who even knows what in the world I would be talking about. Thus, I am saying these words having only read them, never really heard them.

I like to call this the place-bo (like place and bow) effect. As a child, I read a lot, and somewhere had rea about hte placebo effect. However, I had never heard it used in speech. So one day my aunt I were talking and I said "That's the place-bow effect". She was a little confused by it until she realized what I was saying. This is an effect common to people who read "too much", or try to learn words in languages they don't know. =)

Bryan
 

dino8031

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I called Mushkin the other day for an RMA. The girl who answered the phone pronounced it "MOOSH-KIN.

I would say that is fairly definitive.
 

Amaroque

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Originally posted by: dino8031
I called Mushkin the other day for an RMA. The girl who answered the phone pronounced it "MOOSH-KIN.

I would say that is fairly definitive.

Maybe she just had a strong accent...

 

CrashX

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Originally posted by: martalli
I like to call this the place-bo (like place and bow) effect. As a child, I read a lot, and somewhere had rea about hte placebo effect. However, I had never heard it used in speech. So one day my aunt I were talking and I said "That's the place-bow effect". She was a little confused by it until she realized what I was saying. This is an effect common to people who read "too much", or try to learn words in languages they don't know. =)

Bryan


Hahah, that cracked me up. My wife used to cal Yosemite Park "Yose - Mite", like two seperate words. I said, you mean Yosemite (pronounced the right way) and she got this embarassed look on her face. :D Classic