Aaaaaand a quick consultation with every dictionary in the house bears out suh-TIE-uh-TEE as the current correct pronounciation. However, the Compact Edition of the Unabridged Oxford English Dictionary (yes, we have a copy in the house, it's one of the reasons I love S very much) does point out, in its article about the word "satiety", that in 1828 Walker (whoever that is) noted that SAY-shuh-tee (or something akin to that) was the common pronounciation of his day, though he protested against it as being contrary to all analogous words known. His protests were apparently effective, as that pronounciation is now obsolete.
Gimme some milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sean K - Jun 13, 2007 4:29:46 pm PDT #3045 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
megan walker - Jun 13, 2007 4:45:00 pm PDT #3046 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
SAY-shuh-tee (or something akin to that) was the common pronounciation of his day, though he protested against it as being contrary to all analogous words known. His protests were apparently effective, as that pronounciation is now obsolete.
Huh. That's how I've always heard and said it.
§ ita § - Jun 13, 2007 4:53:58 pm PDT #3047 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I say "et" instead of "ate" so I'm comfortable on this obsolescence train.
But I'm probably horribly inconsistent with the word's pronounciation.
DavidS - Jun 13, 2007 4:55:16 pm PDT #3048 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Netflix sent me The Tick. I've just been introduced to the Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight.
'bout time!
It needs to be noted that the Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight was voiced by Maurice Lamarche, aka The Brain of Pinky and the.
Sean K - Jun 13, 2007 4:56:12 pm PDT #3049 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm very firmly in favor of archaic pronounciations, particularly when they sound cool.
But SAY-shuh-tee sounds silly to me.
Sean K - Jun 13, 2007 4:57:13 pm PDT #3050 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Maurice Lamarche, aka The Brain of Pinky and the.
Also Kif, and one of Mom's sons (among a handful of other characters) on Futurama.
Dana - Jun 13, 2007 4:57:24 pm PDT #3051 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Sillier than sa-tie-uh-tee? I don't think so. Pronunciation smackdown!
Sean K - Jun 13, 2007 4:58:36 pm PDT #3052 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sillier than sa-tie-uh-tee?
It sounds refined.
Plus? Root word is the same as that for "sated".
DavidS - Jun 13, 2007 4:59:28 pm PDT #3053 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But SAY-shuh-tee sounds silly to me.
How do you pronounce "satiate"?
Dana - Jun 13, 2007 5:00:33 pm PDT #3054 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It sounds refined.
You say refined, I say snooty!