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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