Defining Androgyne
This user, Pica, has intro videos here and here leading up to this one which detail Pica’s journey through cis and trans spaces to find a label that rings true. Readers, do you have any wisdom regarding the pronunciation?
Posted by XylophoneGender on February 13th, 2009 at 04:00 pm
Category: video 7 comments »
February 13th, 2009 at 4:35 pm |
My pronunciation preference is with the soft g, simply because that’s the standard for when g is followed by y, as in biology and gypsum.
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February 13th, 2009 at 6:21 pm |
I always thought the ‘y’ was a short ‘i’ sound. My tendency to mispronounce strikes again! I’m glad I learned this though, even if i don’t agree with how he says androgynes have a mental problem. Maybe we think differently, but I wouldn’t say it’s a ‘problem’, per se.
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February 13th, 2009 at 8:43 pm |
Technically speaking, Pica’s pronunciation is correct. The “-gyne” part has the same derivation (and meaning) as in “gynecologist”, so it makes sense to pronounce it that way.
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February 14th, 2009 at 10:53 am |
I used to disagree with hir pronunciation, but then thought about the ‘gynecologist’ connection and thought maybe the G is a hard one.
I kind of prefer the soft ‘G’ anyway. It has a better feel to my ear.
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February 14th, 2009 at 11:49 am |
The definition at Answers.com has a pronunciation button next to its phonetic spelling:
http://www.answers.com/androgyne
andro-jine
(but that’s not to say i believe a dictionary should win all word wars.)
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February 14th, 2009 at 1:49 pm |
It’s like watching a younger, less freckled version of myself, but with a hot British accent–and a few years further into the search for self.
Thanks for posting this and linking to Pica’s other videos.
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February 15th, 2009 at 9:41 pm |
To Andei- yup, I wouldn’t agree with the concept of androgyne as a problem, but some of Pica’s videos put a more positive spin on it.
Thanks for the input, all. It’s neat to see words as part of culture, as works in progress.
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