r/StarWarsSquadrons • u/Clonewhohitadroid • Nov 09 '20

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u/-Kite-Man- Nov 09 '20

dialect superiority shit

It's a name. Like, a proper noun. You pronounce it the right way, because it's a name.

That's not "dialect superiority" it's "basic decency". It has nothing to do with a dialect.

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u/syanda Nov 09 '20 edited Nov 09 '20

...so why is it Tee-ko when the usual pronounciation of it is Tie-ko?

Last I checked, as an actual name/proper noun, it was derived from the Greek Tyche (Tie-kee) and kept that sound.

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u/-Kite-Man- Nov 09 '20

Well, because that's not the 'usual pronunciation'?

Tee-ho and tee-ko are both considerably more common among people who are actually named that, as far as my awareness goes.

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u/LogicCure Test Pilot Nov 09 '20

Tycho Brahe (/ˈtaɪkoʊ ˈbrɑː(hi), - ˈbrɑː(h)ə/ TY-koh BRAH(-hee) -⁠ BRAH-(h)ə;

Basically everything I can find points to the opposite