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pnwmom

(108,976 posts) Sun May 6, 2018, 02:33 PM May 2018

What's a wypipo? The problem with wypipo is [View all]

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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What's a wypipo? The problem with wypipo is [View all] pnwmom May 2018 OP

It reads exactly like Cantonese-accented English BeyondGeography May 2018 #1

Wypipo would be pronounced "whypeepo almost anywhere except in the usa. pangaia May 2018 #2

It would not have occurred to me to pronounce it with a long i sound. n/t Ms. Toad May 2018 #3

Like I said, I'm slow. In my head, the second syllable was pronounced pnwmom May 2018 #5

"pipo" rhymes with "typo," BumRushDaShow May 2018 #4

I read someone say they use "Y. P. Pull" CurtEastPoint May 2018 #6

In the original article that started the other thread BumRushDaShow May 2018 #8

Piper, piler, piner -- all are words using a long i sound. n/t pnwmom May 2018 #7

Yes since they all have that "e" in there BumRushDaShow May 2018 #9

Except all the words you mentioned pnwmom May 2018 #10

Or BumRushDaShow May 2018 #11