How to Pronounce "Piezo" -- Really?
Oklahoma Dave
Okay, I know this is a dumb question, but it's been nagging at me for
years. Can anybody tell me how "piezo" is pronounced in its original
language? I know, of course, that virtually every American musician
pronounces it "pie - zo," and so that's how I say it, by default.
But it doesn't look like an English word to me. In Italian, it'd be "pee
- ay - tso," for example.
So, does anybody know the history of this word (i.e. in what language it
originated), or some "official" pronunciation? Of course, it's useless
knowledge to the well-adjusted, but it's making me crazy so please help if
you can. I can't sleep ...
Dave P.
dav...@teleport.com (Oklahoma Dave) wrote:
>Okay, I know this is a dumb question, but it's been nagging at me for
>years. Can anybody tell me how "piezo" is pronounced in its original
>language?
(snip) it's making me crazy so please help if
>you can. I can't sleep ...
Hi David.
It's my understanding that the proper pronuncation is "pee-AY-tso".
While we're on the subject, how do you pronounce "DEMETER" ?
Anybody know ?
Dave Peck
Brad Sarno
> dav...@teleport.com (Oklahoma Dave) wrote:
>
> >Okay, I know this is a dumb question, but it's been nagging at me for
> >years. Can anybody tell me how "piezo" is pronounced in its original
> >language?
I've heard PEE-zoh.
and for Demeter, DEHM-itter
I'm not sure though, just trying to add to the confusion.
Brad SArno
Kaiser
> While we're on the subject, how do you pronounce "DEMETER" ?
> Anybody know ?
>
> Dave Peck
Dave
Demeter is pronounced - Dimiter - sounds like limiter
Kevin
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Dave P. (da...@alr.com) wrote:
: dav...@teleport.com (Oklahoma Dave) wrote:
:
: >Okay, I know this is a dumb question, but it's been nagging at me for
: >years. Can anybody tell me how "piezo" is pronounced in its original
: >language?
: >you can. I can't sleep ...
:
: Hi David.
:
: It's my understanding that the proper pronuncation is "pee-AY-tso".
Yes, it's "pee-AY-zo".
:
: While we're on the subject, how do you pronounce "DEMETER" ?
I pronounce it " d<e>-MEE-tur", but people probably laugh at me.
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Buzco
Dave
Demeter is pronounced - Dimiter - sounds like limiter
Kevin
And remember under threat of death that it is JAMES, and don't ever call
him Jim.
buzco
Frank Vuotto
pie - E -zO
EventEInc
I pronounce it piezo. FK
Mike Rivers
OK, I looked it up in Webster's. I can't send those funny upside down
e's and accent marks, but it's pretty close to
pee - YAY - zo
Just like I've been saying it for over 40 years.
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David N. Barnett
da...@alr.com (Dave P.) wrote:
>It's my understanding that the proper pronuncation is "pee-AY-tso".
Yeah, "pee-EIGHTS-oh" or "pee-AY-tzo" is proper, but it seems that
only really pompous persons bother. Most engineers seem to say
"PEE-zo" or "PIE-zo," and I've heard all three pronunciations used at
AES presentations.
--dnb
Ed
On 13 Oct 1996 09:05:52 -0400, even...@aol.com (EventEInc) wrote:
>I pronounce it piezo. FK
I thought it was pronounced piezo ????
I've heard it pronounced like pie-zo, pee-zo, pey-zo(Radio Shack
pronunciation), pie-ee-zo, pie-zee-o, pee-zee-o, pie-ay-zo. I have
a suspicion that the last way is correct, but who knows, I may be
wrong. But, as that old tune goes... You say tom-ay-oe I say
tom-ah-toe......etc...
Ed
Noel Bachelor
On or about Sun, 13 Oct 1996 22:11:26 GMT, mri...@d-and-d.com (Mike
Rivers) allegedly wrote something like:
> OK, I looked it up in Webster's. I can't send those funny upside down
> e's and accent marks, but it's pretty close to
> pee - YAY - zo
A different view from across the pond.
My old Collins Australian dictionary indicates it should be more like
'Pie - ee - zo'. But everyone I know says 'Pee - zo'
Noel Bachelor <nb...@ozemail.com.au>
Language Recordings Inc (Darwin Australia)
Chris Smalt
Mike Rivers wrote:
> pee - YAY - zo
>
>Just like I've been saying it for over 40 years.
Hi Mike
At what age did uou start saying pee - YAY - zo?
Seriously,
Chris
Gabe M. Wiener
In article <53mh6h$d...@news1.ni.net>, Dave P. <da...@alr.com> wrote:
>While we're on the subject, how do you pronounce "DEMETER" ?
If you're referring to the Greek epic hymn to..., then it's pronounced
with the emphasis on the first syllable. DEM-@h-ter. @=schwa
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Mike Rivers
In article <AE89C68E...@rt99-6.rotterdam.nl.net> sm...@nedernet.nl writes:
> At what age did uou start saying pee - YAY - zo?
> Seriously,
Oh, about 12 or 13 I guess. That was the "older" kind of phono
cartridge. The "magnetic" cartridge was all the rage. I remember my
first GE VR-2 like it was yesterday. <g>
Daniel Maverick Falkoff
I share most of that experience and memory.
NEVE 1073
I think you prounounce it-" Crap"
Just a thought.
Aaron
David N. Barnett
To follow up on my own post, I forgot to mention that at one AES
convention, when I stopped at the Motorola Piezo table, the engineer
manning the booth pronounced it "PIE-zo." If anyone oughtta know....
--dnb
Brian Wickham
>--dnb
When I was getting my First Class License in 1965 we were taught that
it was pronounced "Pie-EEZ-o".
Brian Wickham
Chris Smalt
Oklahoma Dave wrote:
>So, does anybody know the history of this word (i.e. in what language it
>originated)?
It's from the Greek verb "piezein", which means "to press".
This is pronounced "pee-eh-tsehn", where "eh" sounds like the British say
"air".
Chris
Don Weiss
Since the effect was studied and published by Italian researchers, we
can assume that they adapted its name from their own language, which
undoubtedly took it from Latin, which (as Chris points out) came from
Greek, which most likely obtained it from Indo-European. :=}
So pee-AY-zoh or pee-AYT-zoh would be the way it was first pronounced.
Which of these would be closer to the correct Italian?
DGW
Chris Smalt
Don Weiss wrote:
>So pee-AY-zoh or pee-AYT-zoh would be the way it was first pronounced.
>Which of these would be closer to the correct Italian?
The latter, only in Italian, the e sounds more like the British "air" and
the o is short.
Chris
Brian Wickham
sm...@nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt) wrote:
Enough already! The Oxford English Dictionary says it comes from the
Greek and is pronounced 'pie (as in apple) ezzo (e as in ESSO Oil)'.
This differs slightly from what I learned many years ago but I
probably know the American pronunciation, 'pie-eezo'. I don't know
that my American pronunciation is right, only that it was the
acceptable one with the FCC.
For those not familiar. It refers to pressure as a piezometer for
maeasuring pressure. Or in our case, piezo-electricity, current from
pressure placed on a crystal. It is the descriptive term of how a
crystal radio functions.
Brian
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In article <3261f55a...@news.zippo.com>, Ed <roc...@westol.com>
writes
>On 13 Oct 1996 09:05:52 -0400, even...@aol.com (EventEInc) wrote:
>
>>I pronounce it piezo. FK
>
>I thought it was pronounced piezo ????
>
>I've heard it pronounced like pie-zo, pee-zo, pey-zo(Radio Shack
>pronunciation), pie-ee-zo, pie-zee-o, pee-zee-o, pie-ay-zo.
None of those are correct. It's pee-ay-zo.
>I have
>a suspicion that the last way is correct, but who knows, I may be
>wrong. But, as that old tune goes... You say tom-ay-oe I say
>tom-ah-toe......etc...
tom-ay-oe is incorrect. It's tom-ah-toe.
>
>Ed
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In <vzJz3IAL...@hugebass.demon.co.uk> John Graley
<Jo...@hugebass.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>In article <3261f55a...@news.zippo.com>, Ed <roc...@westol.com>
>writes
>>On 13 Oct 1996 09:05:52 -0400, even...@aol.com (EventEInc) wrote:
>>
>>>I pronounce it piezo. FK
>>
>>I thought it was pronounced piezo ????
>>
>>I've heard it pronounced like pie-zo, pee-zo, pey-zo(Radio Shack
>>pronunciation), pie-ee-zo, pie-zee-o, pee-zee-o, pie-ay-zo.
>
>None of those are correct. It's pee-ay-zo.
>
>>I have
>>a suspicion that the last way is correct, but who knows, I may be
>>wrong. But, as that old tune goes... You say tom-ay-oe I say
>>tom-ah-toe......etc...
>
>tom-ay-oe is incorrect. It's tom-ah-toe.
>>really,really,really,really,reeeeeeeeeally not mike rivers.I'm Joan!
Reggie Wallace
> Okay, I know this is a dumb question, but it's been nagging at me for
> years. Can anybody tell me how "piezo" is pronounced in its original
> pronounces it "pie - zo," and so that's how I say it, by default.
> But it doesn't look like an English word to me. In Italian, it'd be "pee
> - ay - tso," for example.
> knowledge to the well-adjusted, but it's making me crazy so please help if
Reggie Wallace
> >Okay, I know this is a dumb question, but it's been nagging at me for
> >years. Can anybody tell me how "piezo" is pronounced in its original
> >language?
> Dave Peck
It is of, course Pee-eh-zo
Reggie Wallace
> >It's my understanding that the proper pronuncation is "pee-AY-tso".
> only really pompous persons bother. Most engineers seem to say
> "PEE-zo" or "PIE-zo," and I've heard all three pronunciations used at
> AES presentations.
> --dnb
Pie-zo sounds it comes from someone that repeated the 4th grade because their teacher was was either a feminist studies or ethnic studies major.
geoff
geoff
Reinhard Zwirner
Therefore (according to the original pronounciation) "Piezo" could be
pronounced as follows:
p
i like in "m_i_ller"
e like in "g_e_t"
ts
o like in "g_o_"
JM2C
Reinhard
Tobiah
>> I know, of course, that virtually every American musician
>> pronounces it "pie - zo,"
geoff
geoff
Ty Ford
Roy W. Rising
> Pee AY Zo. And I'm an American Musician.
"If you notice the sound, it's wrong." Roy W. Rising