Imipolex
Paul Evenblij
paulpaul at knoware.nl
Sat Jul 15 14:10:26 CDT 1995
> The post on various permutations of Imipolex didn't really address the
> pronounciation question. The two versions I've run up against most often
> are:
>
> ihm-uh-POLE-ex
>
> ihm-IP-uhl-ex
>
>
Neither German nor Chemist, yet enough of a Dutchman to try my hand at this:
German pronunciation would be something like
ee-MEE-pole-ex
while the proper way for lower-class Dutchpersons would be
ee-mee-POLE-ex
-paul
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