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Old 16-Dec-2006, 19:01
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Default Re: /skaip/ OR /skaipi/

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Not a very good name for a trade mark over here, is it?...
There have been worse cases. I daren't repeat them here.
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Old 16-Dec-2006, 22:42
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Default Re: /skaip/ OR /skaipi/

In some Arabic forums, they say /skaip/, I mean they transliterate it in a way that is pronounced /skaip/.

BTW, is the second /i/ stressed
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When I have heard it as two syllables, the stress was on the first.
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Old 18-Dec-2006, 12:51
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I've always said /skaipi/
Me too.
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