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Help[Opinions] Re: Stasys
in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk
It sounds exactly like the dictionary word 'stasis' which means the state of being the same for a long time, without changing or developing. It isn't a word that's often used, but it's out there, and I wouldn't willingly name anyone 'Stagnation'.
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Isn't stasis pronounced with short a and i? Stasys is like stah-sees.
Depending on where you’re from, stasis is stah-sis or stay-sis.
I’m betting people didn’t look at the pronunciation of Stasys and assumed it was like stasis.
I’m betting people didn’t look at the pronunciation of Stasys and assumed it was like stasis.
I've only heard it sta-sis with short a like in cat
According to Wiktionary is can be stay-sis or sta-sis
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/stasis
I thought Stasys was stah-sis (long a like father) when I first saw it but that is because my brain knows y as short i because it is short i in Ukrainian transcription, Russian transcription, Belarusian Latin, Polish but in Lithuania they say it kind of like stuh-syees
According to Wiktionary is can be stay-sis or sta-sis
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/stasis
I thought Stasys was stah-sis (long a like father) when I first saw it but that is because my brain knows y as short i because it is short i in Ukrainian transcription, Russian transcription, Belarusian Latin, Polish but in Lithuania they say it kind of like stuh-syees
Interesting! I’ve literally never heard it with the short /a/.
Well, most English speakers I know that I hear talk are from America or Canada, and I see on your profile that you are British, so it is probably a regional accent. I think maybe I've heard some people say it with long a (ay) but mostly with short.
I'm American and have only ever heard and said "stay-sis."
Well America is very big, maybe my friends are from different parts of America. My country is small (on world scale, we're large for a euro country) and in the west vs the east people don't even speak the same language it's so different. In America most people speak English so I would expect large accent difference across regions.
I’m Australian-British (born and raised in Aus but have lived in England for nearly 15 years) so my accent doesn’t know if it’s coming or going any more.