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How the heck do you pronounce that website's name?
by bogwog 5y ago
How the heck do you pronounce that website's name?
- samspenc 5y agoJust FYI if you haven't visited the site before: several of their articles have made it to the HN front page before. I actually find Stratechery articles to be well thought through, deep and comprehensive, I like how the author (Ben Thompson) tries to give a balanced perspective of business and tech without being too one-sided, alarmist or opting for clickbait headlines. More if you're interested: https://stratechery.com/about/ https://stratechery.com/about/
- systemvoltage 5y agoI generally want people to have an opinion, often a strong opinion; but here Ben is trying to amass a vast amount of information, history and context, filtering down to the essense and presenting all sides. So, in a way, Ben is a moderator of tech information. Ben if you're reading this, thank you; and I highly recommend the Stratechery subscription if you haven't gotten one yet.
- dorkwood 5y agoI believe it's stra-teck-uh-ree. As in, strategy and tech. Goes to show you can still launch a successful blog with a name that no one can pronounce or understand.
- robbedpeter 5y agoStrategery (from a Bushism I think?) + tech . Anyone know the word for a deliberately mispronounced word like strategery? Trying to think of others but they're escaping me at the moment.
- killerdhmo 5y ago"Strategy and Tech" https://stratechery.com/2013/strategery/ https://stratechery.com/2013/strategery/
- thedailymail 5y agoI think "malapropism" can be used for both intentionally and unintentionally mangled words.
- sydthrowaway 5y agoisn't intentionally mangled a portmanteau?
- robbedpeter 5y agoI think a portmanteau requires every piece of the word to be part of another word, and semantics from each component word are partially maintained by the new meaning. Malapropism is what I was looking for, though - thanks to you both.
- villasv 5y agoYes, that’s how Ben himself says it in his podcasts