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Pronouncation

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Is the IPA correct? {skruːtənɛit} would seem to be more intuitive. 213.160.108.26 (talk) 11:26, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I thought of skruːtnɛit when I wrote it, but either the pdf source in the article spells it as skruːtnɛitə or my IPA level is too bad. Materialscientist (talk) 11:43, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I thought the IPA might be a bit suspect too. If you listen to the sound file from Webmineral.com (one of the references of the article), then it's definitely "skroo-tuh-nee-ite" rather than "skroot-nee-i-tuh". Maybe skruːtəniːaɪt? Since it's a DYK article it might be worth resolving today. Brammers (talk/c) 12:22, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've asked at the Language reference desk. Brammers (talk/c) 12:32, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure about sound quality. Possibly the pdf assumed that ITE is a standard mineral ending which doesn't need phonetic spelling, i.e. there might be a mix of IPA and non-ipa in the article. Materialscientist (talk) 12:39, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ref desk question answered. User:Angr has updated the pronunciation to that recommended by the respondent. Brammers (talk/c) 12:54, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]