How do YOU pronounce SELEM?

[platinum]

Evil Adam and I can't come to an agreement on how to pronounce "SELEM", so I thought I'd put it to all of you to decide.

Definitely post what you think beyond your vote -especially if it wasn't one of the choices in this poll.

This poll has no bearing on the "real" way to pronounce "SELEM".

-Jonathan

[allthatwhichis]

The second "e" is long... Sel-EEm... I think...

[platinum]

The second "e" is long... Sel-EEm... I think...

That's what I was trying to represent with option 3 on the poll.

[FourDee]

sell 'em
Sounds kinda like a laser market

[soforene]

I agree with sell 'em.

Why would you pronounce the first "e" as an "a"?
It even has Firefox's Pronounce add on stumped.

[Things]

sell 'em for me too.

[dsli_jon]

I agree with sell 'em.

me 3.

SEL - EM.

syllables work..
j

[Xytrell]

It looked like a "sell-um" to me as well.

[keeperx]

i pronounce it suh-lem (short e)

[Banthai]

i think.... after reading these nutty posts it should be pronounce in a sentance like this ....

we are going to A SY LUM


and does that make a laserist looking for the venue .... A SELEM SEEKER


all the best .... Karl

[mixedgas]

And Suh-leem leads by a nose, followed by sell em at the pole, in third is asylem....

Steve Roberts

[keeperx]

its spelled selem .. lets look at this

/se/ /lem/ thats how the syllables break out

se = seh
lem = lem
sehlem

seh to suh is normal in speech


so seh lem or suh lem are acceptable.

there is NO rule that we can rationally use to explain why the second 'e' should be long.

Based on the above statements its seh-lem (with suh-lem being an acceptable alternate)

[Stuka]

I pronounce it.... "over yonder in North Carolina"...

[Onge]

its spelled selem .. lets look at this

/se/ /lem/ thats how the syllables break out

se = seh
lem = lem
sehlem

seh to suh is normal in speech


so seh lem or suh lem are acceptable.

there is NO rule that we can rationally use to explain why the second 'e' should be long.

Based on the above statements its seh-lem (with suh-lem being an acceptable alternate)

I agree on this ...

so it's seh lem for me.

Onge

[buffo]

How about asking the guy that came up with the acronym in the first place?

Oh wait, that would be me...

For the record, I have always pronouced it Sel-eem, with a long 'e' in the second syllable. Yes, I know that it's grammatically incorrect. It just sounds better to me that way.

Would you be happy if I changed it to "South Eastern Laser Enthusiast's Exposition Meeting"?

Adam

PS: It's really not a big deal. People will pronounce it however they want.

[keeperx]

How about asking the guy that came up with the acronym in the first place?

Oh wait, that would be me...

For the record, I have always pronouced it Sel-eem, with a long 'e' in the second syllable. Yes, I know that it's grammatically incorrect. It just sounds better to me that way.

Would you be happy if I changed it to "South Eastern Laser Enthusiast's Exposition Meeting"?

Adam

PS: It's really not a big deal. People will pronounce it however they want.

Exposition Meeting is redundant..

besides just because you created an acronym does not mean you can impose a pronunciation of that acronym.. ESPECIALLY if that acronym is a non standard word.

as a matter of fact its a hebrew word and its pronounced seh-lem by jewish Americans.

even better it means image

reference:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/bibs/DJACcurrr...rn2/Selem.html


bet ya didn't know that..

[buffo]

Exposition Meeting is redundant..

Which is why I didn't use that in the initial acronym. I was being facetious when I suggested it again.

besides just because you created an acronym does not mean you can impose a pronunciation of that acronym. ESPECIALLY if that acronym is a non standard word.

Oh really? Who else but the creator of a new, non-standard word would be the one to impose pronounciation then?

as a matter of fact its a hebrew word and its pronounced seh-lem by jewish Americans.

I'm sure it has other meanings in other languages as well. However, as I am not a Jewish American, nor one who speaks Hebrew, the pronounciation in that language is basically irrelevant. (Now, if it were a Yiddish word, you might be onto something!)

even better it means image <snip>bet ya didn't know that..

Indeed, I did not. However, I will concede that it *is* an appropriate reference.

But I'm still calling it Sel-EEM!

Adam

[keeperx]

of course you are, and i wouldn't have it any other way..

I say seh-lem and you say seh-leem
its all the same as long as we've got the beams
sehlem.. sehleem... We've got.. the beams..

[James Lehman]

I like to call it

SEA LEM

I get the SEA (long E) from "East" and the LEM (short e) from enthusiast.

I like the accent on the LEM because that is what it is, not where it is!

Plus there are other LEMs out there.

And I think we've already determined that I'm always right!

James.

[Banthai]

i say "tom ate toe" .... you say "tom art toe"

i say "Pot ate toe" .... you say "Po tart toe"

lets call the whole thing off....


I say Al loo min um ..... you say Al you min i am


just take it from us brits that we say it right ..... as we invented the "god damn son of a bitch" language

all the best ... Karl

[James Lehman]

I think it's kinda neat to have voice conversations with PL peeps and hear it pronounced in many different ways.

It kinda' reflects the diversity of characters that appeared there!

James.

[DZ]

just take it from us brits that we say it right ..... as we invented the "god damn son of a bitch" language

This is why I speak AMERICAN! Or better yet, Southern North American. The south will rise again!

[dream beamz]

i dunno Sae-leeem

but FLEM is definitely flem like the stuff that comes out of the back of your throat. Why it this true, because Adams sons said so :-P

[James Lehman]

Yeah, I remember having flem streaming out of my computer!

James.

[buffo]

but FLEM is definitely flem like the stuff that comes out of the back of your throat. Why it this true, because Adams sons said so :-P

Yeah, and you see what happened to that whipper-snapper too, didn't you? His ass is on the west coast, on a ship! Haha! Teach him to sass me!

Actually, I've pretty much given up on FLEM. It's just too good a joke for people to resist pronouncing it "phlegm." Sigh...

Adam