proper pronunciation of "mecanum"

[Ether]

Originally Posted by ToddF

Both at CMU and at the INEL, the people who worked with these wheels pronounced it MEK-uh-num.

Thank you. That settles it. MEK-uh-num it is.

[ToddF]

On the other hand, if you say "meh CAN um" everyone knows what you mean, too...

[Littleboy]

I call them "paper weights". Thats about all they are good for.

Actually, I pronounce them meh-CAN-num.

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by Littleboy

I call them "paper weights". Thats about all they are good for.

Bah. The proper pronunciation for useful mecanum is "octocanum".

[lcoreyl]

Originally Posted by Ether

Thank you. That settles it. MEK-uh-num it is.

Now a swedish pronunciation site has confirmed this.