Pronounciation

So, after talking in person to a bunch of people, some familiar with kineme and some not, as well as This Discussion, we've been considering changing the pronunciation of kineme to ... kineme. Let us know what you think!

Who Cares?!
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Kyne-eem
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Kyne-uh-may (rhymes with "line-uh-may")
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Kin-eem (rhymes with "phoneme" --- everyone else seems to read it thusly)
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Kin-uh-may (rhymes with "anime" --- we've been using this internally for years)
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Total voters: 16

tobyspark's picture
defy globalisation! keep it local!

well i voted for the one how it reads to me, a brit who used to know some french, but really, we're all postmodern now, its all relative and how your culture reads it =]

SteveElbows's picture
Oops Ive been pronouncing

Oops Ive been pronouncing anime as aneem all these years!

franz's picture
Kineme ?

you Kill anyway...

mradcliffe's picture
Option #1 should probably be

Option #1 should probably be "Kee-Neh-May" if you're trying to rhyme with anime. You would know this if you spent a year in japan ;-) (inside joke).

franz's picture
sugoi

sugoi

psonice's picture
kinny me

I always pronounced it like option 1, but I'm leaning towards kinny me now.