I've never heard the video's pronunciation of pipette either. Throughout high school and university science education, all I have ever heard from teachers of various backgrounds (Australian, assorted European, middle-eastern, assorted Asian) is "pip-ett". I guess "pipe-ett" is the North American pronunciation.
That's quite interesting. I just checked my Random House (American, I think) dictionary, which offers pip-et' that seems more consistent with your version, but PIPE-ette is all I've heard in labs in Minnesota, Boston, Texas, Kentucky, Indiana, and Missouri. Must be a non-regional Americanism.
I checked my Merriam Webster's and pi (long i) pet (accent on second syllable) is the only pronunciation included. Of course this dictionary is twenty-four years old. I'm from Pittsburh, PA originally but don't know if that is the most prominent pronunciation in that area or just what my science teachers used.
This is cool ... and also linguistically interesting because I've never heard anyone pronounce "pipette" like that before ...
ReplyDelete?? that's the only way I've ever heard "pipette" pronounced...
ReplyDeleteI've never heard the video's pronunciation of pipette either. Throughout high school and university science education, all I have ever heard from teachers of various backgrounds (Australian, assorted European, middle-eastern, assorted Asian) is "pip-ett". I guess "pipe-ett" is the North American pronunciation.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite interesting. I just checked my Random House (American, I think) dictionary, which offers pip-et' that seems more consistent with your version, but PIPE-ette is all I've heard in labs in Minnesota, Boston, Texas, Kentucky, Indiana, and Missouri. Must be a non-regional Americanism.
ReplyDeleteI checked my Merriam Webster's and pi (long i) pet (accent on second syllable) is the only pronunciation included. Of course this dictionary is twenty-four years old. I'm from Pittsburh, PA originally but don't know if that is the most prominent pronunciation in that area or just what my science teachers used.
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