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Interesting. DALL-E, Dalai (https://cocktailpeanut.github.io/dalai/ https://cocktailpeanut.github.io/dalai/), and now Dolly are all pronounced the same way. It

Interesting. DALL-E, Dalai (https://cocktailpeanut.github.io/dalai/ https://cocktailpeanut.github.io/dalai/), and now Dolly are all pronounced the same way. It feels like there should be an xkcd for this.

outside1234 4y ago
What could go wrong
mejutoco 4y ago
AFAIK DALL-E is pronounced as Dalí, as in Salvador Dalí. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD
- chatmasta 4y ago
  I figured it was a reference to the Dalai Lama (which doesn't invalidate your comment, since that's also pronounced like Dalí). LLM -> Llama -> Dalai Lama
  - 4ndrewl 4y ago
    I thought "Dalai" pronounced "Dall Eye" rhymes with "Shall I" "Dali" pronounced "Dahl eee" rhymes with "Carly"
    - chatmasta 4y ago
      Interesting. According to Google, it's a British ("Da-lie") vs. American ("Da-lee") difference.
    - tetraca 4y ago
      This is all very weird to me because I've always pronounced Dalai as "Dah-lay".
  - sillysaurusx 4y ago
    Hmm. Is Salvador Dalí pronounced differently than Dolly or Dalai? The wikipedia page has "dah-lee" as the phonetic, and https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+salvador+dali https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+salvador+dali sounds the same as https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+dalai+lama https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+dalai+lama. So it seems like all three are identical.
    - ToValueFunfetti 4y ago
      The emphasis in Dalí is on the second syllable, which is at least different from Dolly. I've always pronounced Dalai Lama the same as I would Dolly Lama, but Cambridge dictionary is saying it should be Da-lay in both US and UK pronunciations. Tangentially, it seems like most of the results for both searches were autogenerated with TTS programs. I wonder if our pronunciations will shift towards TTS mistakes over time. Probably not, these videos only have a few thousand views, but neat if true.
    - mejutoco 4y ago
      Dalí has the stress on the last syllable, hence the accent (but Dall-e probably not). In my native language Dalai is pronounced "Da-lie", like another comment says above. TIL Dolly is pronounced so similarly. I thought the Do sounded like Doberman, but apparently not. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolly https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolly
  - rburhum 4y ago
    Dalí has an accent at the end, which has the emphasis in the last letter. Dalai does not. They sound very different. “dah-lee” vs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JhFbvuKn45w https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JhFbvuKn45w
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- bilekas 4y ago
  Handy also to think off WALL-E. At least that where my assumption came from.
- cosmojg 4y ago
  It's quite clearly a reference to WALL-E the environmentally conscious robot, which is pronounced as you'd expect. I like to think of it as DALL-E the surrealist robot painter.
  - JohnFen 4y ago
    I totally failed to make that connection! Was that the intended reference? What's the link to WALL-E?
    - dcre 4y ago
      WALL-E is a robot.
  - mejutoco 4y ago
    That is exactly my interpretation. Both wall-e and Dalí. I think we are in agreement.
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renewiltord 4y ago
Wow, just discovered that the American pronunciation for Dalai Lama is Da-lee. Well, that's a discovery. This is like when Khan Academy came out and there was a guy online saying it's a terrible brand because it sounds like Con Academy which it doesn't in my dialect. Took a while to get it.
- rockzom 4y ago
  How do you say Khan?
  - ricardobeat 4y ago
    Kãn / k-ä-n, A like in “father”
  - theSuda 4y ago
    I found this which matches how I say it (as an Indian) https://www.howtopronounce.com/khan/4145893 https://www.howtopronounce.com/khan/4145893 It's the KH sound that doesn't really exist in English hence many get it wrong.
    - gowld 4y ago
      The KH is one thing, but for "con"-fusion (hah!), it's also about the "higher" "caan" vs "cawn", which is a very subtle difference.
joseda-hg 4y ago
Are they? (Not sarcastic, I'm not native and I wouldn't pronounce them all that similar at first sight)
- dwringer 4y ago
  As a native speaker, no, there's hardly any consensus I've seen about how to pronounce them. Certainly there are trends. But I pronounce Dalai somewhere between "Dah-lay" and "Dah-lie", and DALL-E sorta like Dolly ("Dah-lee"), but with a deliberate pause ("Dahl Ee").
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xg15 4y ago
I guess after carcinisation comes dolly-fication... But I do like the hang for whimsical naming schemes in that field. First sesame street characters, now apparently everything sheep...
JLCarveth 4y ago
> are all pronounced the same way No they're not.

outside1234 4y ago

What could go wrong

mejutoco 4y ago

AFAIK DALL-E is pronounced as Dalí, as in Salvador Dalí. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD

chatmasta 4y ago
I figured it was a reference to the Dalai Lama (which doesn't invalidate your comment, since that's also pronounced like Dalí). LLM -> Llama -> Dalai Lama
- 4ndrewl 4y ago
  I thought "Dalai" pronounced "Dall Eye" rhymes with "Shall I" "Dali" pronounced "Dahl eee" rhymes with "Carly"
  - chatmasta 4y ago
    Interesting. According to Google, it's a British ("Da-lie") vs. American ("Da-lee") difference.
  - tetraca 4y ago
    This is all very weird to me because I've always pronounced Dalai as "Dah-lay".
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  Hmm. Is Salvador Dalí pronounced differently than Dolly or Dalai? The wikipedia page has "dah-lee" as the phonetic, and https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+salvador+dali https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+salvador+dali sounds the same as https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+dalai+lama https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+dalai+lama. So it seems like all three are identical.
  - ToValueFunfetti 4y ago
    The emphasis in Dalí is on the second syllable, which is at least different from Dolly. I've always pronounced Dalai Lama the same as I would Dolly Lama, but Cambridge dictionary is saying it should be Da-lay in both US and UK pronunciations. Tangentially, it seems like most of the results for both searches were autogenerated with TTS programs. I wonder if our pronunciations will shift towards TTS mistakes over time. Probably not, these videos only have a few thousand views, but neat if true.
  - mejutoco 4y ago
    Dalí has the stress on the last syllable, hence the accent (but Dall-e probably not). In my native language Dalai is pronounced "Da-lie", like another comment says above. TIL Dolly is pronounced so similarly. I thought the Do sounded like Doberman, but apparently not. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolly https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolly
- rburhum 4y ago
  Dalí has an accent at the end, which has the emphasis in the last letter. Dalai does not. They sound very different. “dah-lee” vs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JhFbvuKn45w https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JhFbvuKn45w
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bilekas 4y ago
Handy also to think off WALL-E. At least that where my assumption came from.
cosmojg 4y ago
It's quite clearly a reference to WALL-E the environmentally conscious robot, which is pronounced as you'd expect. I like to think of it as DALL-E the surrealist robot painter.
- JohnFen 4y ago
  I totally failed to make that connection! Was that the intended reference? What's the link to WALL-E?
  - dcre 4y ago
    WALL-E is a robot.
- mejutoco 4y ago
  That is exactly my interpretation. Both wall-e and Dalí. I think we are in agreement.
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renewiltord 4y ago

Wow, just discovered that the American pronunciation for Dalai Lama is Da-lee. Well, that's a discovery. This is like when Khan Academy came out and there was a guy online saying it's a terrible brand because it sounds like Con Academy which it doesn't in my dialect. Took a while to get it.

rockzom 4y ago
How do you say Khan?
- ricardobeat 4y ago
  Kãn / k-ä-n, A like in “father”
- theSuda 4y ago
  I found this which matches how I say it (as an Indian) https://www.howtopronounce.com/khan/4145893 https://www.howtopronounce.com/khan/4145893 It's the KH sound that doesn't really exist in English hence many get it wrong.
  - gowld 4y ago
    The KH is one thing, but for "con"-fusion (hah!), it's also about the "higher" "caan" vs "cawn", which is a very subtle difference.

joseda-hg 4y ago

Are they? (Not sarcastic, I'm not native and I wouldn't pronounce them all that similar at first sight)

dwringer 4y ago
As a native speaker, no, there's hardly any consensus I've seen about how to pronounce them. Certainly there are trends. But I pronounce Dalai somewhere between "Dah-lay" and "Dah-lie", and DALL-E sorta like Dolly ("Dah-lee"), but with a deliberate pause ("Dahl Ee").
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xg15 4y ago

I guess after carcinisation comes dolly-fication... But I do like the hang for whimsical naming schemes in that field. First sesame street characters, now apparently everything sheep...

JLCarveth 4y ago

> are all pronounced the same way No they're not.