How to pronounce Autopia?

[eddieg]

How do you pronounce it?



auto-*pee*-ah

or

au*to*piah :think:



How does David intend it to be pronounced?

 

[Setec Astronomy]

er...like Utopia, except with a car in front http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?utopia01.wav=utopia

 

[Bill D]

Like:



"ought" + "toe" + "pee"+ "uh"

 

[eddieg]

well see, if its like utopia, the emphasis is on the TO. Whereas, Bill's could possibly have emphasis on the 'pee'.



I ask all this because I try to refer this site in talking to others, and always end up pronouncing it both ways or else they really wonder how it is spelt

 

[Bill D]

When I say it, I make a very brief pause after the "toe" than say the "pia"in a way that rhymes with "Kia".

 

[JasonD]

I pronounce the "topia" part just like it is pronounced in utopia, except add an a in the front of it to = something like this. AWTOPIA

 

[Bill D]

Yep, that's pretty much how I say it. "aw" then the "topia"

 

[DaGonz]

here's an easier pronounciation..



otto pia

 

[Setec Astronomy]

I feel a lot better now that we've cleared that up. :grinno:

 

[TRD-22]

Au-toe-pia

 

[a.k.a. Patrick]

4 syllables....ah-toe-pee-uh, least thats how I pronounce it when I make reference to it....