Definition talk:Apotome/Linguistic Note

As an administrator of http://en.wiktionary.org/, I must question why you changed uh-POT-uh-mee to a-POT-o-mee. --kc_kennylau (talk) 02:36, 6 November 2016 (EST)


 * Because that is how it is pronounced. --prime mover (talk) 02:38, 6 November 2016 (EST)


 * Using which system of transcription? --kc_kennylau (talk) 02:40, 6 November 2016 (EST)


 * A civilised one. --prime mover (talk) 02:43, 6 November 2016 (EST)


 * So you just follow your heart. Any reason why you did not use the same symbol for the first and the third syllable like I did? --kc_kennylau (talk) 02:55, 6 November 2016 (EST)


 * Because they are not pronounced the same. --prime mover (talk) 03:30, 6 November 2016 (EST)


 * You do have a strange accent. According to the vowel reduction rule on Wikipedia, "most (though not all) unstressed syllables contain one of these sounds [reduced vowels]". Both the first syllable and the third syllable should be a schwa. At least the "o" in "epitome" is transcribed by every dictionary to be a schwa. --kc_kennylau (talk) 03:38, 6 November 2016 (EST)