Re: Achalasia - correct pronunciation & phonetic spelling

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Apparently there is a real skill in trying to put into the written word an oral pronunciation. , I think you nailed it. The link provided us, giving an audio pronunciation, confirmed what you said. Thank you.

In a message dated 6/1/2007 11:55:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 1x2y3z@... writes:

Real phonetic symbols are hard for the average reader. My suggestion for an easy, pseudo-phonetic guide to pronunciation is "ache-ull-Asia" or "ack-ull-Asia." The former is more common in the U.S, and I get the impression that the latter is more common in the U.K. in Lancaster, PA Achalasia - correct pronunciation & phonetic spelling> Can anyone help me with the correct pronunciation and best > phonetic> spelling?>> Thanks in advance. Make it a great day, everyone!>> Peg>>>>>> ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com.>

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All three of my docs in Canada have pronounced it with the long A. But

that may be a Canadian thing, which is usually derived from British

English.

I two have wondered.

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Interesting, - that in Eastern & Western Canada it would be

pronounced differently.

Well, I must say, it is so hard to pin anything down in regard to this

condition!!!

Anyway, don't you have your appt with your surgeon today? Hope it all

goes well!

Donna

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pegmcintyre1@... wrote:

Can anyone help me with the correct pronunciation and best

phonetic spelling?

There are two main pronunciations and you can find dictionaries and

medical papers that provide them. And there are other less common ways

to pronounce it also. It depends on whether you view it as a Greek or

English word. It comes from the Greek word for chalasia with an alpha

in front to mean not. Alpha is not pronounced as a long A. If you

consider it an anglicized word then a short A makes sense.

notan

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I've heard doctors say "ack" (as in "tack") or "ayk" (as in "cake") for the first syllable, but the rest has always been "uh - lay - zhuh" (like "Malaysia" without the letter M). I'd say the vast majority of doctors that I've talked with have used "ayk", though.

I have NEVER heard it said with the "eeyuh" like the dictionary entry that was listed ( \Ä-kÉ™-lÄ-zh(Ä“-)É™\ would be something like "ay - kuh - lay - zhee - uh" if you didn't use the "dictionary codes" to write it out).I put the primary emphasis** on the first syllable and the secondary emphasis* on the third syllable. So I say it as: AY** kuh LAY* zhuhLike someone else said, it's like saying po-tay-toe or po-tah-toe.... just depends who you learned it from!

Pepto Pink Debbi in Michigan

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Real phonetic symbols are hard for the average reader. My

suggestion for an easy, pseudo-phonetic guide to pronunciation is

" ache-ull-Asia " or " ack-ull-Asia. " The former is more common

in the U.S, and I get the impression that the latter is more

common in the U.K.

in Lancaster, PA

Achalasia - correct pronunciation & phonetic

spelling

> Can anyone help me with the correct pronunciation and best

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The link provided us, giving an audio pronunciation, confirmed

what you said. ...

But even with dictionaries with audio pronunciation there is more than

one opinion. See:

The version of the The American Heritage® Dictionary of the

English Language, Fourth Edition.

http://education./reference/dictionary/entry/achalasia

With achalasia there isn't "a" right answer.

notan