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Some of us are unsure of the common pronunciation of this word. Is it spelled out, like in math variables, X Y Z Z Y? When I tell people about XYZZY Awards, or about the command in Advent, I pronounce it to rhyme with "dizzy" and an X as in "xylophone." Like Zizzy! [[User:Star651|Star651]] 22:18, 5 September 2012 (CDT) | Some of us are unsure of the common pronunciation of this word. Is it spelled out, like in math variables, X Y Z Z Y? When I tell people about XYZZY Awards, or about the command in Advent, I pronounce it to rhyme with "dizzy" and an X as in "xylophone." Like Zizzy! [[User:Star651|Star651]] 22:18, 5 September 2012 (CDT) | ||
:As far as I know, there's no one right way to pronounce XYZZY, and unless there was an applicable article in an old issue of [[New Zork Times]] a.k.a. [[The Status Line]], or an XYZZY entry in the [[Encyclopedia Frobozzica]], there's nothing that can give us an "official" answer to this question. I can think of six ways to say XYZZY, all of which seem equally valid to me: '''zee-zee''', '''zih-zee''', '''ek-zee-zee''', '''ek-zih-zee''', '''eks-why-zee-zee-why''', and '''eks-why-zed-zed-why'''. The "zizzy" one is probably the easiest and least clumsy of those six, though. [[Feel free]] to continue to say it that way. -- [[User:Dswxyz|David Welbourn]] 11:11, 6 September 2012 (CDT) | |||
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Pronunciation
Some of us are unsure of the common pronunciation of this word. Is it spelled out, like in math variables, X Y Z Z Y? When I tell people about XYZZY Awards, or about the command in Advent, I pronounce it to rhyme with "dizzy" and an X as in "xylophone." Like Zizzy! Star651 22:18, 5 September 2012 (CDT)
- As far as I know, there's no one right way to pronounce XYZZY, and unless there was an applicable article in an old issue of New Zork Times a.k.a. The Status Line, or an XYZZY entry in the Encyclopedia Frobozzica, there's nothing that can give us an "official" answer to this question. I can think of six ways to say XYZZY, all of which seem equally valid to me: zee-zee, zih-zee, ek-zee-zee, ek-zih-zee, eks-why-zee-zee-why, and eks-why-zed-zed-why. The "zizzy" one is probably the easiest and least clumsy of those six, though. Feel free to continue to say it that way. -- David Welbourn 11:11, 6 September 2012 (CDT)