And Suh-leem leads by a nose, followed by sell em at the pole, in third is asylem....
Steve Roberts
And Suh-leem leads by a nose, followed by sell em at the pole, in third is asylem....
Steve Roberts
its spelled selem .. lets look at this
/se/ /lem/ thats how the syllables break out
se = seh
lem = lem
sehlem
seh to suh is normal in speech
so seh lem or suh lem are acceptable.
there is NO rule that we can rationally use to explain why the second 'e' should be long.
Based on the above statements its seh-lem (with suh-lem being an acceptable alternate)
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I pronounce it.... "over yonder in North Carolina"...
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How about asking the guy that came up with the acronym in the first place?
Oh wait, that would be me...
For the record, I have always pronouced it Sel-eem, with a long 'e' in the second syllable. Yes, I know that it's grammatically incorrect. It just sounds better to me that way.
Would you be happy if I changed it to "South Eastern Laser Enthusiast's Exposition Meeting"?
Adam
PS: It's really not a big deal. People will pronounce it however they want.
Exposition Meeting is redundant..
besides just because you created an acronym does not mean you can impose a pronunciation of that acronym.. ESPECIALLY if that acronym is a non standard word.
as a matter of fact its a hebrew word and its pronounced seh-lem by jewish Americans.
even better it means image
reference:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/bibs/DJACcurrr...rn2/Selem.html
bet ya didn't know that..
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Which is why I didn't use that in the initial acronym. I was being facetious when I suggested it again.
Oh really? Who else but the creator of a new, non-standard word would be the one to impose pronounciation then?besides just because you created an acronym does not mean you can impose a pronunciation of that acronym. ESPECIALLY if that acronym is a non standard word.
I'm sure it has other meanings in other languages as well. However, as I am not a Jewish American, nor one who speaks Hebrew, the pronounciation in that language is basically irrelevant. (Now, if it were a Yiddish word, you might be onto something!)as a matter of fact its a hebrew word and its pronounced seh-lem by jewish Americans.
Indeed, I did not. However, I will concede that it *is* an appropriate reference.even better it means image <snip>bet ya didn't know that..
But I'm still calling it Sel-EEM!
Adam
of course you are, and i wouldn't have it any other way..
I say seh-lem and you say seh-leem
its all the same as long as we've got the beams
sehlem.. sehleem... We've got.. the beams..
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I like to call it
SEA LEM
I get the SEA (long E) from "East" and the LEM (short e) from enthusiast.
I like the accent on the LEM because that is what it is, not where it is!
Plus there are other LEMs out there.
And I think we've already determined that I'm always right!
James.
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i say "tom ate toe" .... you say "tom art toe"
i say "Pot ate toe" .... you say "Po tart toe"
lets call the whole thing off....
I say Al loo min um ..... you say Al you min i am
just take it from us brits that we say it right ..... as we invented the "god damn son of a bitch" language
all the best ... Karl