User talk:Oldr4ver

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JohnCD (talk) 18:55, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WiFi (wī'fī') is not pronounced warfar...And my edit is not vandalism. Please correct this or allow me to do so.

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Wi-Fi, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 18:55, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WiFi (wī'fī') is not pronounced warfar...And my edit is not vandalism. Please correct this or allow me to do so.

May 2008[edit]

The recent edit you made to Wi-Fi constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to vandalize pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thanks. weburiedoursecrets inthegarden 18:57, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WiFi (wī'fī') is not pronounced warfar...And my edit is not vandalism. Please correct this or allow me to do so.

The reference you changed gives the pronunciation in the International Phonetic Alphabet, as you will see if you click on it, and says that the pronunciation is to rhyme with "high-high". Please don't change it again. JohnCD (talk) 19:15, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But that is not how it is pronounced. It is pronounced "W(eye)-F(eye)". The IPA is wrong in my opinion because nobody I know pronounces it "High-High".

It rhymes with high-high, that is, the vowel in each syllable is /aɪ/, the same vowel as in buy, high, ride, write. And that's the same vowel as "eye", so I don't think we disagree, do we, actually? JohnCD (talk) 20:07, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. I think we have come full circle. I have been doing some reading on IPA and actually found what you said above. It may have been my lack of understanding the IPA standards. Issue Resolved