The Political Satire/Meme Thread

[Joey D]

Because Ξ/ξ is pronounced ksee (as in eksellent or taksi) and everyone will get it wrong. It's not a zuh or zshuh sound.

I am 100% convinced that not enough speakers would either know or remember that. It being transliterated as xi is very misleading; "What other words start with X? Xylophone? Xanadu? Oh okay so it must be zee or zshee."

Well...

Even "zylophone" is wrong. It is also written with Ξ/ξ because ksylos is the Greek word for wood.

This is actually a pretty good explanation and does make sense.

 

[Scaff]

Makes sense

 

[Dennisch]

 

[Danoff]

That's funny. But no, it's because nobody can pronounce or even agree on how to pronounce Xi.

 

[Dennisch]

That's funny. But no, it's because nobody can pronounce or even agree on how to pronounce Xi.

No, that is about Nu. Xi is skipped because it's a common last name.

 

[Danoff]

No, that is about Nu. Xi is skipped because it's a common last name.

I was being flippant because Xi is just the worst letter, but I can see how you interpreted that to be a factual statement. So my bad on that one.

Interesting reference. Nu was not skipped because it's hard to pronounce though, according to your article. It was skipped for clarity, which is very similar to the reason given for Xi (not causing offense). Xi is also hard to pronounce and there is much disagreement on how to pronounce it. I've had at least half a dozen discussions in my lifetime about how to pronounce Xi.

TL;DR

Danoff is happy they skipped Xi because it's the worst.

 

[Joey D]

 

[Brett]

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Every time I see Omicron mentioned, it makes me think of Lrrr from the planet Omicron Persei 8.

 

[Grand Prix]

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Don't worry, they won't get offended about it and invade us for at least a thousand years. It's someone else's problem.

 

[Blitz24]

Don't worry, they won't get offended about it and invade us for at least a thousand years. It's someone else's problem.

But we might want to keep Callista Flockhart safe just in case.

 

[Liquid]

Xi is also hard to pronounce and there is much disagreement on how to pronounce it. I've had at least half a dozen discussions in my lifetime about how to pronounce Xi.

Ξ/ξ is ksee. Not kuh-see with a deliberate pause, not ek-see like it starts with an ex-prefix, just ksee. Taxi without the ta-. It's really, really not that difficult.

Just wait for the psi (Ψ) variant. The English prefix psy-. In Greek you actually pronounce the 'silent' P...

 

[Shaun]

Just wait for the psi (Ψ) variant

I think by then there will be mounting pressure to change the naming protocol.

 

[PeterJB]

I think by then there will be mounting pressure to change the naming protocol.

Switch to the Cyrillic alphabet, then we can have fun with the 'ye', 'yah' and 'yo' variants.

 

[JKgo]

I enjoyed that. However, I enjoyed this... fan revised version a bit more:

Spoiler

 

[DG_Silva]

Just wait for the psi (Ψ) variant. The English prefix psy-. In Greek you actually pronounce the 'silent' P...

Reminds me of Rupert Psmith, a character created by PG Wodehouse who could tell if you didn't pronounce the silent P.

 

[Danoff]

Ξ/ξ is ksee. Not kuh-see with a deliberate pause, not ek-see like it starts with an ex-prefix, just ksee. Taxi without the ta-. It's really, really not that difficult.

Just wait for the psi (Ψ) variant. The English prefix psy-. In Greek you actually pronounce the 'silent' P...

I've had at least half a dozen discussions in my lifetime about how to pronounce Xi.

Half a dozen and one.

They'll skip Nu, because it's pronounced "new" (like Mu is pronounced Mew) and people will get too easily confused by the new nu variant.

Also "xi" will be "chi" or "x". It's written as an X in Greek but literally transcribed as Chi (chee) - it was written as Xi in some dialects but not particularly widespread and the standard Ionic alphabet used the X/x alone.

That would be the "correct"/Greek pronunciation, but I wouldn't be surprised if we hear/get 'English' pronunciations, such as phi, psi and chi all rhyming with "high"... (figh, sigh and kai)

I'd always heard it "ksee" by my college professors.

But then this website says "ksaai"

I've heard chee, chai, ksee, and ksai, most of which were from college professors, but most of my professors settled on ksee. I think some of them struggled with the k-s adjacent sounds.

I have not seen psi cause as much confusion, even though it was far more widely used (because it's easier to write on a chalkboard).

 

[Dennisch]

Let's just pronounce it Pooh, to annoy the Winnie in charge.

 

[Danoff]

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I enjoyed that. However, I enjoyed this... fan revised version a bit more:

Spoiler

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Is that "thicc"? I'd have a thought that a thigh gap nearly precludes the "thicc" designation.

 

[Famine]

Half a dozen and one.

I forgot Ξ existed. Whenever I think of "X" in Greek I think of "Χ", which is chi, and which supplanted Ξ for long enough to form the basis of the Latin X, pronounced as... kinda "zi", and the Cyrillic X with a more "ch" sound...

 

[Liquid]

I forgot Ξ existed. Whenever I think of "X" in Greek I think of "Χ", which is chi, and which supplanted Ξ for long enough to form the basis of the Latin X, pronounced as... kinda "zi", and the Cyrillic X with a more "ch" sound...

The Greek Χ/χ is why Xmas is called Xmas. χ is the first letter of Christ in Greek, the language that gave him that particular name; Χριστος ('Christos' with the Ch being a loch sound).

Anyone who tells you that Xmas takes the Christ out of Christmas is wrong.

 

[TB]

χ is the first letter of Christ

 

[UKMikey]

 

[Danoff]

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I did not even know that there was a pneumococcal vaccine. I just got that for sinusitis a few weeks back.

 

[Warte]

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Just wait for the psi (Ψ) variant. The English prefix psy-.
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Only if it's Gangnam Style.

 

[p78]

Wait what? the US still has polio???

I should look it up, but i'm under the impression that (western) Europe is polio free.

 

[UKMikey]

Wait what? the US still has polio???

I should look it up, but i'm under the impression that (western) Europe is polio free.

Who said the US still has polio?

 

[Dennisch]

 

[Liquid]

Get me a good anagram with kappa, epsilon, iota and all the other variants in between. Please. I'd love to see how creative one could be.

 

[TexRex]

But we might want to keep Callista Flockhart safe just in case.

Meh...

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Is this cancel culture?

 

[Blitz24]

When talking to anyone who is pro-MTG (including MTG), I am also pro-abort! As in aborting talking to them.