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Opinion poll: correct pronunciation of 'Piracetam' and 'Nootropic'?

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Poll: Pronunciation (49 member(s) have cast votes)

How do you pronounce 'Piracetam'?

  1. Pie Rass Uh Tam (12 votes [24.49%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 24.49%

  2. Pie Race Uh Tam (3 votes [6.12%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 6.12%

  3. Pee Rass Uh Tam (6 votes [12.24%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 12.24%

  4. Pee Race Uh Tam (1 votes [2.04%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 2.04%

  5. Pie Ray See Tam (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. Pie Rass See Tum (1 votes [2.04%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 2.04%

  7. Pie Ruh See Tum (1 votes [2.04%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 2.04%

  8. Pie Ruh Set Tam (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  9. Other (please explain in post) (6 votes [12.24%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 12.24%

  10. Pur Ass Uh Tam (10 votes [20.41%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 20.41%

  11. Pur Ass uh Tum (3 votes [6.12%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 6.12%

  12. Peer Ass Uh Tam (3 votes [6.12%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 6.12%

  13. Peer Ass Uh Tum (2 votes [4.08%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 4.08%

  14. Pie Ras Se Tam (1 votes [2.04%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 2.04%

How do you pronounce 'Nootropic'?

  1. Noh Uh Troh Pick (15 votes [30.61%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 30.61%

  2. New Troh Pick (18 votes [36.73%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 36.73%

  3. Noh Uh Traw Pick (2 votes [4.08%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 4.08%

  4. New Traw Pick (10 votes [20.41%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 20.41%

  5. Other (Please explain in post) (4 votes [8.16%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 8.16%

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#31 machete234

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Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:01 PM

Yes in German you would say "its spoken like its written" or "its written with a c in the middle"

#32 LBGSHI

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Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:14 PM

I should have known that my ancestors would stick to what logically works :)

Now if we can just convince English language experts to adopt and somehow successfully encourage such a system in our language.

Edited by LBGSHI, 04 February 2013 - 10:14 PM.


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#33 Hip

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 12:00 AM

our language is one of the unfortunate ones in which almost every word is subject to mispronunciation :)

Spanish, Russian (German?), and many other languages are almost entirely composed of words which can only be pronounced one way...what a blessing that must be.


This is very true, but the reason that English is so flexible and has such a huge vocabulary (the full Oxford English dictionary goes into 20 volumes) is because it accepts words from lots of other languages, very often from immigrants that have introduced words from their language into English. If you accept words from everywhere, you are not going to get a consistent phonetic pronunciation scheme, unfortunately.

#34 LBGSHI

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 02:11 AM

The argument can be made, but other languages use loan-words and words from other languages, while specifying this and still retaining a rigid system of phonetics (Germans use French phrases for which there is no simple, common German equivalent, yet it is understood that this is not a true part of German language). I guess this would eventually necessitate official inclusion if it became popularly used and everyone forgot where it came from, but at that point you could just "Germanize" it phonetically if necessary. English (especially in the United States) basically allowed the average person to dictate language based on common usage, which was at least resisted more ardently in most European countries.

#35 Hip

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 02:43 AM

I think this different approach to language in the English speaking world versus continental Europe perhaps reflects the philosophical differences between these two cultures. Continental Europeans tend to be idealists, preferring to impose a preconceived system upon things; the English speaking world tends to follow pragmatism, preferring the local circumstances themselves to dictate things.

Thats why if you go on the Paris Metro, you will find the logic of the station functional layout is identical in all Metro stations; it is a preconceived system (so if you know how to navigate through one Metro station, you know how to navigate them all); but the London Underground has every station operating under a different functional layout, so you tend to need to know the intricacies and quirks of the functional layout of each station (and each time you go to a new station on the Underground, your knowledge of other stations does not help you navigate this new one).

#36 machete234

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 08:58 AM

If you accept words from everywhere, you are not going to get a consistent phonetic pronunciation scheme, unfortunately.

That would mean almost every word is a lean word which is unlikely, in the few languages I know there is an at least somehwat foolproof logic how to pronounce a word, of course its there in english too but its less logical.

Im not sure about this example but the word "night" in which the g does nothing was spoken in a way where the g was spoken a few centuries ago, so that would mean the english language changed a lot.

#37 emckai

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Posted 19 February 2013 - 10:29 PM

I think everyone has different pronunciation for those words. :P
I sure say it differently lol

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Posted 13 December 2013 - 03:48 AM

Pie Race Tam.

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Posted 13 December 2013 - 07:51 AM

^ No. I think a lot of lenience is allowed in the "pi" part: PUH, PER, or PI as in pick, but not pie.. The "rac(e)" : rass, rhymes with mass.. The "etam" : it-am. Pretty simple.

Hmm, wih nootropic though Im not so sure. My brother prounces the - opic part like the "op" in SCOPE or HOPE, I pronounce it more like - optic.

Wow, talking about scopes and optics.. I have been playing too much CoD

Edited by katuskoti, 13 December 2013 - 07:55 AM.


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Posted 13 December 2013 - 08:07 AM

So I take it you'd rather eat PEE-racetam instead of PIE-racetam? :D

Edited by NZT-49, 13 December 2013 - 08:09 AM.





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