User talk: Jc3s5h

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Thanks for feedback. I think I will just give up. I was not disputing the information given, just concerned that it was difficult to understand. But now I will do other things... Cheers Sdc870 (talk)

With respect to insisting on "the Mad River", I think you're being a bit pedantic about this. I currently live within walking distance of the river and hearing someone refer to it as "the Mad River" would subtly identify them as being unfamiliar with how its mentioned. Likewise, presenting it that way in the article just sounds plainly odd, which is the only reason I went ahead with the edit to begin with. I'm entirely aware that rivers like "the Naugatuck" or "the Housatonic" follow the convention you're referring to, it's just that Mad doesn't. Adding "the" for a river is not an English language rule and probably shouldn't override colloquial usage in this case. That said, it's not worth an edit war or mediation. Jgcoleman (talk) 18:18, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

:So you claim a person would say "I went fishing in Mad River"? If I heard someone say that, I'd imagine there was some little neighborhood in Wolcott I hadn't heard of, and that's where the fishing occurred. Jc3s5h (talk) 18:51, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

::They'd more likely say "at Mad River", but otherwise yes: that's certainly how it would be stated as a point of ordinary fact. You would be hard-pressed to come to Wolcott and coax somebody to say "the Mad River". That's just not how it's said. Look, I get it: you're applying generalized language sensibilities to Mad River and, in most cases, you'd be spot on. Throw a dart at a random river in the US, and there's a very high probability that the river would commonly be mentioned with a leading 'the'. Mad River just incidentally is not among those. Jgcoleman (talk) 18:43, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

:::No. I distinctly remember standing on the bank of the Mad River and wondering if it were flowing a little too fast for me to cross. Jc3s5h (talk) 19:34, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Ask you for help with the stalkerish person? Aromatize (talk) 00:19, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

for reverting you back then—yours was probably the only good edit in amongst all the junk, and I'm afraid I missed it, otherwise i would have restored it myself. Thanks! Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi 16:44, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

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What was wrong with the pronunciation? It matches the IPA and the [https://www.oed.com/dictionary/ampere_n OED]. — Naomi Amethyst 04:27, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

:I am an electrical engineer and a native speaker of American English. I worked as an integrated circuit design engineer for IBM. I spoke the word ampere many times for several decades. I met in person with colleagues from the UK and listened to them speak "ampere" many times. Same goes for colleagues from India. The pronunciations in the Wikipedia article were wrong. The chief fault was an even emphasis on both syllables; the emphasis should be on the first syllable.

:[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/ampere This website] is better, especially for the British pronunciation, but it still gives too much emphasis on the 2nd syllable for the US pronunciation.

:Of course my colleagues and I said "amp" much more often that "ampere" and would seldom write it. We would normally use the appropriate SI symbols and prefixes such as mA and μA.

:There are thousands of YouTube videos by American electricians, notably Mike Holt. Also some by British electricians. I've listened to a fair number and haven't noticed pronunciation problems (although they too mostly say "amp"). Jc3s5h (talk) 13:54, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

::I made some changes. What do you think about these pronunciations?

::* {{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|m|p|ɛər|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-ampere.wav}} {{respell|AM|pair}}

::* {{IPAc-en|us|ˈ|æ|m|p|ɪər|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-ampere (alt).wav}} {{respell|AM|peer}}

::— Naomi Amethyst 19:05, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

:::These are better. Jc3s5h (talk) 19:21, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

::::Mind if I go ahead and add these to the article, then? — Naomi Amethyst 19:30, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

:::::It's OK with me. Jc3s5h (talk) 19:31, 15 May 2025 (UTC)