On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:10:53 -0800, Marcel Duchamp
<marcel.duchamp@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Jinx wrote:
> >>How do you guys (and gals) pronounce 'zener'?
> > As in Zen And The Art Of ..... not Xena, Warrior Princess
> >
> > eh not ee
> >
> > zebra not zebra
> 
> Ok, ok, now I've got to check some references.
> 
> Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Melvin_Zener ) says
> the diode in question was named after Mr. Zener.  Photos of him can be
> seen here:
> 
> http://www.aip.org/history/esva/catalog/esva/Zener_Melvin.html
> 
> Looking further, the American Heritage(r) Dictionary of the English
> Language, Fourth Edition has a wav file indicating the pronunciation is
> zeeeeener as in Xena, Warrior Diode.  Dictionaries are not always
> correct, nor are they representative of speech in far-flung wild places
> like New Zealand, as an example.
> 
> Of course, Mr. Zener is no longer with us so you can say it however you
> want.

Merriam-Webster (www.m-w.com) has both pronunciations.  I wonder if
this doesn't simply follow the zee/zed difference.

I say zeener and zeebra

Bradley
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