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Re: Tiktaalik

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Subject: Re: Tiktaalik
From: "T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:20:08 -0700
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> At 12:37 AM +0200 4/6/06, David Marjanovic wrote:
> >I have a different question: pronunciation. One should think that how to 
> >pronounce *Tiktaalik* is quite obvious, except maybe where to put the 
> >stress. But the article explains the pronunciation as "tic tÃl' ik". What 
> >is that supposed to mean? It's one of those English dictionary 
> >transcriptions, right?

English dictionaries have their own weird little vowel systems, to go
with Modern English's weird vowel system.

I would assume the IPA version would be something like /tikta:l'ik/,
or, with a more English-language pronunciation, /t<h>Ikt<h>a:l'Ik/ or
/t<h>ikt<h>O:l'ik/ (depending on accent). I can't imagine why the
first syllable would be rendered "tic" rather than "tik" except that
"tic" is an English word (but then why not simply "tic TALL ick"?).
--
Mike Keesey
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References:
- Tiktaalik
  - From: Danvarner@aol.com
- Re: Tiktaalik
  - From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>