How to pronounce it

Paran   Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:29 am GMT
Can anybody tell me how these words are pronounced:

adiabatic - Yahoo - SONY - Lycos
Ben   Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:12 pm GMT
ey-DYE-ah-BEH-tik
(dye = like the word)

ya-HOO

SO-nee
(so- like the word 'sow' although some people say 'soh')

LIE-koss

(lie - like the word)

Ben.
Shiny Wong   Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:14 pm GMT
I suggest you to look them up in a pronunciation dictionary, such as Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. This dictionary contains the pronunciations of the most world-famous trademarks.
Ash   Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:15 pm GMT
Hmmm...well I'll try, but the phonetic method Im about to write is probably not even kosher, let alone orthodox :S

Adiabatic: Ah-dee-ah-bah-te-k'

Yahoo: Sort of speaks for itself really :S

Sony: Soe-nee

Lycos: Lie-kos

Hope that helps.
Ash.
Lazar   Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:45 pm GMT
In X-SAMPA ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-SAMPA ) those would be (for American English):

adiabatic (had to look this one up) - [%{4i@"b{4Ik]

Sony - ["soUni]

Lycos - ["laIkoUs]
Travis   Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:09 am GMT
I myself would pronounce those:

"adiabatic" : [%{:4i@"b{4Ik]
"Sony" : ["so~:ni:]
"Lycos" : ["L\@Ikos]
Guy   Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:12 pm GMT
adiabatic /%{bi@"b{tIk/
Yahoo /%jA:"hu:/
SONY /"souni/
Lycos /"laIkous/
Guest   Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:14 pm GMT
Sony - ["soUni]

Lycos - ["lAIkOs]