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Andrew Lawrence

14-02-2012 00:07

How to pronounce "Mecanum"

This has been bugging me for a long time: How do you pronounce Mecanum?

Pronunciations I've heard:

Meh-cuh-num

Meh-kay-num

Mech-an-um

Which is right?

EricH

14-02-2012 00:10

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

I've always said it meh-can-um.

Andrew Lawrence

14-02-2012 00:13

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

Thanks!

Joe G.

14-02-2012 00:23

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

I've always said and heard "mek-uh-num," and sometimes "meh-can-um"

The spelling of mecanum is a pet peeve of mine. I've seen "mecnum," "mekanum," "mecanun," "mecannum," "mecum," and of course "mechanum."

In fact, I encourage you to do a simple experiment the next time a mecanum debate comes up. I hypothesize that the more single-mindedly supportive of mecanum wheels a poster is, the more likely they are to misspell it.

Ninja_Bait

14-02-2012 06:27

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

Swiss drive.

Josh Drake

14-02-2012 07:18

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

I guess the true pronunciation would come from the inventor of the mecanum wheel. I personally pronounce it like EricH and it sounds like fingernails on the chalkboard when I hear it pronounced mek-uh-num. I wonder if it's a regional thing, or just how you start hearing it is how you pronounce it.

Ether

14-02-2012 09:54

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josh Drake (Post 1126300)

I guess the true pronunciation would come from the inventor of the mecanum wheel.

Not. It would come from the name of the company that the inventor was working for at the time.

Ether

14-02-2012 09:56

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninja_Bait (Post 1126291)

Swiss drive.

Swedish.

Ether

14-02-2012 10:02

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe G. (Post 1126225)

The spelling of mecanum is a pet peeve of mine.

In fact, I encourage you to do a simple experiment the next time a mecanum debate comes up. I hypothesize that the more single-mindedly supportive of mecanum wheels a poster is, the more likely they are to misspell it.

That is funny. You made my day.

jblay

14-02-2012 10:10

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

I always said it meh-cuh-num. Then I heard our lead engineering mentor pronounce it meh-can-um so to sound more professional I started saying it like that for a while and now I mix it up between the 2.

The actual pronunciation is "we should really have stuck with 6 wheel tank" or at least that's how most people ended up pronouncing it by the end of the season last year.

Ninja_Bait

15-02-2012 15:31

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ether (Post 1126351)

Swedish.

oops.

RoboMaster

15-02-2012 15:49

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

From good ol' Wikipedia:

Quote:

The Mecanum wheel is one design for a wheel which can move in any direction. It is sometimes called the Ilon wheel after its Swedish inventor, Bengt Ilon, who came up with the idea in 1973 when he was an engineer with the Swedish company Mecanum AB.

Get a Swedish person's advice on the pronunciation. Anybody know a Swede?

Ninja_Bait

15-02-2012 23:36

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

The swedish chef?

mecunoom

Taylor

16-02-2012 08:23

Re: How to pronounce "Mecanum"

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoboMaster (Post 1127436)

Get a Swedish person's advice on the pronunciation. Anybody know a Swede?

I'll propose a solution even better than a Swede: Andy Baker.

He says "muh-CAN-um"

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