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How does this stuff work?

It's the third kind of IPA. You have to get past India Pale Ale and isopropyl alcohol to find yourself in a world of symbols which stand for sounds rather than letters.

Kind of like the Ts at the beginning of Tsawwassen, a town on the lower mainland in BC. Most people just drop the s and say 'Tawwassen'.
I contend it's not that hard to integrate the s, but I'm in the minority on that.

Knowing how to pronounce knapkin, knight and knowledge might knot give someone educated in England, (i.e. badly where Grammar is concerned), the confidence to omit the leading 'K', as a following 's' is seldom encountered.

So if speaking German I'd say Kay-nipecks?

No, if speaking German you'd say Zange.

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I've never made it past the two without blacking out before, but it is the season.

You don't tsay?

google gives tongs

m? swydt

We pronounce it as we would Xyrium, I assume it is vaguely greek and latin inpired.

"Dee Addario" for D'addario anyone?

D’Angelo

D'ckhead.

'All in The Game'.

I assume it is vaguely greek and latin inpired

Seems Slavic inspired, they change initial X into Ks, e.g. Xylitol is Ksylitol in Poland.

STOP GETTING LINGUISTICS WRONG ALL OF YOU!

I spent quite some time reading about phonetics last night...

@mespilus the K is not silent: /ksi/. I don't know the IPA symbol for the sound Brits add between the /k/ and the /s/, perhaps @fizzy.bleach can enlighten us.

@mdcc_tester I was thinking of the greek letter ξι?

I was thinking of the greek letter ξι?

Which is usually transliterated into X for English (and others who get their Greek via Latin) readers, e.g. xenophobia, xylophone, Xanthi.
Slavs presumably use Ks (or Кс in Cyrillic) because Cyrillic Х is already analogous to Greek χ

Between the K and the S of Ksyrium? I think many Brits would add a schwa.

This is known as vowel epenthesis. It's often used to make loanwords easier to pronounce because the phonotactics (rules about what sounds can go next to each other) of the borrowing language doesn't allow a certain cluster. In this case it's /ks/ (word-initially).

stop getting linguistics wrong all of you!

Easier done than said

Can I use the axle from a front formula track hub to convert a HED3 rear (quick release) to a front wheel?

The shoulders on the formula axle for the bearings could be an issue?

EDIT - tried this today. The formula front axle wont work.

I agree the original 'ksi' does not have a silent 'k',
and doesn't when used in mathematics,
but, when misused in 'english' words, with a leading 'x',
the 'ks' comes out as a 'z'.
Xenon is never Ksenon.

No, K'nipeks; the vowel between K and N is a schwa

If that's a German name, there's no vowel between the K and the n. It's like the -(c)kn- in 'Hackney' or 'Cockney', only at the start of the word.

https://www.knipex.de

Xenon is pronounced as “zenon”?

Tsenon

Where can I find a couple of metres of highly reflective fabric the likes of which are used in those proviz jackets all the nodders wear?
Bonus for waterproof