Sun May 6, 2018, 02:33 PM
pnwmom (104,552 posts)
What's a wypipo? The problem with wypipo is
that "pipo" rhymes with "typo," so it's confusing for some slow people like me. We read it and we go, "huh? Wy - pie - po?" What's that?
The meaning would be clearer if it were spelled "wypeepo," with an accent on the first syllable. But I assume some people might object to that, too. 
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Author | Time | Post |
 What's a wypipo? The problem with wypipo is (Original post) |
pnwmom | May 2018 | OP |
| BeyondGeography | May 2018 | #1 | |
| pangaia | May 2018 | #2 | |
| Ms. Toad | May 2018 | #3 | |
| pnwmom | May 2018 | #5 | |
| BumRushDaShow | May 2018 | #4 | |
| CurtEastPoint | May 2018 | #6 | |
| BumRushDaShow | May 2018 | #8 | |
| pnwmom | May 2018 | #7 | |
| BumRushDaShow | May 2018 | #9 | |
| pnwmom | May 2018 | #10 | |
| BumRushDaShow | May 2018 | #11 |
Response to pnwmom (Original post)
Sun May 6, 2018, 02:35 PM
BeyondGeography (36,765 posts)
1. It reads exactly like Cantonese-accented English
Response to pnwmom (Original post)
Sun May 6, 2018, 02:39 PM
2. Wypipo would be pronounced "whypeepo almost anywhere except in the usa.
Response to pnwmom (Original post)
Sun May 6, 2018, 02:39 PM
Ms. Toad (26,286 posts)
3. It would not have occurred to me to pronounce it with a long i sound. n/t
Response to Ms. Toad (Reply #3)
Sun May 6, 2018, 02:47 PM
pnwmom (104,552 posts)
5. Like I said, I'm slow. In my head, the second syllable was pronounced
Response to pnwmom (Original post)
Sun May 6, 2018, 02:46 PM
BumRushDaShow (79,294 posts)
4. "pipo" rhymes with "typo,"
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #4)
Sun May 6, 2018, 02:49 PM
CurtEastPoint (13,932 posts)
6. I read someone say they use "Y. P. Pull"
Response to CurtEastPoint (Reply #6)
Sun May 6, 2018, 02:57 PM
BumRushDaShow (79,294 posts)
8. In the original article that started the other thread
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the author mentioned that version. But I would suppose for the thumb-texters, trying to insert that punctuation in there would be a PITA!
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #4)
Sun May 6, 2018, 02:55 PM
pnwmom (104,552 posts)
7. Piper, piler, piner -- all are words using a long i sound. n/t
Response to pnwmom (Reply #7)
Sun May 6, 2018, 02:58 PM
BumRushDaShow (79,294 posts)
9. Yes since they all have that "e" in there
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #9)
Sun May 6, 2018, 03:03 PM
pnwmom (104,552 posts)
10. Except all the words you mentioned
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"hip" or "tip" or "lip" or "sip" or "nip"
Would only be pronounced with the short I if the subsequent consonant was repeated twice. As in: hipper, tipper, sipper, and nipper. The double consonant is the signal to pronounce the previous syllable with a short vowel. So, I suppose an alternative could be: Wypippo. That would work for me. 
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Response to pnwmom (Reply #10)
Sun May 6, 2018, 03:13 PM
BumRushDaShow (79,294 posts)
11. Or
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the other example I gave - "wy-pi'-po'".
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