I have no idea what the "official" pronunciation of the word <em>italki</em> is or how the company intends for it to be pronounced.
I pronounce <em>italki</em> like "I-talk-ee" (long 'I' as in the pronoun, talk, ee as in 'cuisine') "italki"
I have heard it pronounced as "I-talk-I" which I think sounds kind of awkward.
I have also heard it pronounced as "ee-talk-ee" which while I think it sounds cute, I just don't think its right.
I am curious to know ... how do YOU pronounce the word "italki"?
Thanks everyone for your comments.
@Peachey, thanks for the history lesson on italki and the links to the official videos. It's amazing that you've been on this site for so many years. I only discovered italki this year.
Whatever is the official pronunciation, I'll stay with the cute and wrong one =)
Hi guys , when I heard about italki I thought it was an italian social network because the word "ital" What a stupid. Then a friend of mine make me note that there was the word "talk" between i ;)
By the way, my pronunce is: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1FMWzHDCFUA ;
Ciaooo
It's an interesting (although repeated) question... originally, the pronunciation was <em>eye-talk-eye</em>, and I suppose each "i" is meant to refer to "I"(me/myself). I remember reading something years back on that. You'll also notice in my introduction video I use this pronunciation. Most of the time, I actually say <em>eye-talky</em>.
Anyway, it looks as if the <em>eye-talky</em> pronunciation has taken over in popularity, and "officially" it's the accepted pronunciation. This is also how it's pronounced in the italki promo videos, as well from the horse's mouth, so to speak:
I pronounce it as eye-talk-ee but many people pronounce it as et-all-kee.
