Re: Unicycle Term Pronunciation



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I am a unicyclist but I have never talked to one in person. I read and
use many common uni terms but recently realized that I don't really know
if I am pronouncing them correctly.

Some of the words I am wondering about are:

Uni
MUni <---- Mostly this one.
Coker


I'm pretty sure about most of these but I just wanted to make sure.

Any others you want to add would be great.


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Myoooo-neee.

But I also say Kyoooo-pon not Kooo-pon (coupon)

And Pirates of the Ka-RIB-ee-yun not Kar-a-BEE-yun (Caribbean)

To me a moonie is
1. A follower of Rev Sun Yun Moon
2. A doll that suction-cups to your car window (like Garfield) that when
you sqeeze the bulb, he'll drop his pants and moon other drivers.


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Memphis Mud wrote:
> *To me a moonie is
>
> 2. A doll that suction-cups to your car window (like Garfield) that
> when you sqeeze the bulb, he'll drop his pants and moon other drivers.
> *
i'm going to have a seriously giggly weekend...

i say mjoenie
coker is kouker


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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:07:58 -0500, "GILD" wrote:

>i say mjoenie

GILD, based on your written English (and that one spoken joke on the
radio) I never doubted you are a native English speaker but this
phonetisation (sp) of MUni makes more sense if it is based on
Suidafrikaans (or Dutch for that matter). So?

BTW, in English I think (and) I say m-you-knee. But in Dutch I say
muu-knee (English fonetisation, although uu signifies a vowel not
occurring in English. In Dutch uu does occur, and also e.g. in French
(u) and German (ue or ü).

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RangerForrest wrote:
> *
> Uni
> MUni <---- Mostly this one.
> Coker
> *


You knee
mew knee
co cur / coke er the same sound I just can't think which is the best
way to write it clearly

these are the common pronouciations in england. There are people who are
not on the uni scene who will use other variations.


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sarah.miller wrote:
> *these are the common pronouciations in england.*
The word Muni (MUni) comes from England. Take the English' word for that
one. Coker is a tire company in the US. That name is also pronounced as
has been described.


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Yuni, as i understand it, rhymes with uni and Muni, but with a Y...

[yew-knee] but of course, these are all one-syllable words, so trying
to break them up phonetically dosen't really do it justice.

now that I think of it, Yuni and uni sound pretty much the same...
unless I am mistaken.


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Yuni, muni, uni. Each has *two* syllables. Yup, even for one-wheelers.

Yuni is pronnounced the same as uni. Kind of a problem when people don't
realize you're talking about a brand... :)

So sometimes I'll call the brand "Why-yoo-nee" to make it clear what I'm
talking about.


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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:07:25 -0500, "johnfoss" wrote:

>So sometimes I'll call the brand "Why-yoo-nee" to make it clear what I'm
>talking about.

Please make sure that you're not asking "Why uni?" and then leaving
the impression that you don't have an answer :)

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