Is it Eye-dalia or I-dalia?
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
United States
August 27, 2023 10:36am CST
The "soon to be named" storm brewing near the Yucatan will be named Idalia once it reaches Tropical Storm strength. The Weather Channel reporter was pronouncing it "Ee-dalia" with a long "E." I think it should be pronounced "I-dalia" with a short "I."
After all, we don't pronounce "idiot" as "ee-diot." Her pronunciation doesn't make sense to me unless she's using the Spanish or French pronunciation. The English pronunciation uses the short "I" sound at the beginning.
Which pronunciation do you prefer? Do you even have a preference?
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@FourWalls (86755)
• United States
27 Aug 23
I’ve heard the short I pronunciation from the meteorologists around Florida and Alabama. I’ll go with that.
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@FourWalls (86755)
• United States
27 Aug 23
@DWDavis — I just watched Eric Burris, who’s a meteorologist in Orlando (which might be affected by the hurricane). He said short-I.
Honestly, to me the Weather Channel is like Rolling Stone magazine: it stopped being relevant decades ago. The day there was a tornado outbreak and they were showing reruns of “Ice Road Truckers” instead of covering the tornadoes in Mississippi was the day I swore off the Weather Channel.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
27 Aug 23
@FourWalls I check their app, but never watch on TV. I would use our local TV news and weather app, but you need a PhD in website navigation to find anything on it.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 23
I’ve been calling it by the short-I. Actually, you don’t want to know what I’ve really been calling it, as those words aren’t suitable for myLot. Haha
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
31 Aug 23
@moffittjc I'm glad you are okay. We're getting a lot of rain from the remnants, but not much wind, thankfully. Did y'all have any flooding or trees down?
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Aug 23
@DWDavis I can't believe she topped out at a Cat-4 before making landfall. I expected rapid strengthening, just not quite that much! Where I live was originally supposed to take a direct hit, but thankfully the track kept it farther west than originally forecast.
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@LindaOHio (222534)
• United States
28 Aug 23
I prefer the short "i"; but in the long run, it doesn't matter. Have a good week.
