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Tangential question: Could someone tell me how you're supposed to read "Csíkszentmihályi" ? To me it seems that names are supposed to be broken up into their s
by fallat 5y ago
Tangential question: Could someone tell me how you're supposed to read "Csíkszentmihályi" ?
To me it seems that names are supposed to be broken up into their syllables, but I could be very wrong:
Csiks-zent-mihal-yi
Essentially the same as:
Sixzent-mehalyee
- vladoski 5y agoIt should be something like: tcheek-sent-me-hal-yee in english
- telesilla 5y agoWith which accents? I teach and always embarrassingly stumble when I need to announce him. As a musician his work has been immensely important.
- neogodless 5y agoIf you look through the few dozen comments here, there's several threads about this. In fact, it seems to be the primary topic of conversation. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28940355 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28940355 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28944034 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28944034 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28943790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28943790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28941100 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28941100
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- QuestingElf 5y agoI remember a cassette set from 2 authors who referred to his works on creativity. They eventually met him and occasionally consulted. The audio said, "His last name is pronounced Chick-SENT-me-high-ee. We call him Mike!"