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gurps_gm · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:42 am Post subject: How do I say "Kzinti"?

A friend is telling me that the 'K' in Kzinti is silent, like K is in knife. I always thought otherwise. Any proof one way or the other?

Jack Bohn · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:47 pm Post subject:

I'd thought of it as a partially-held-in sneeze, but that's not appropriate in public, and it takes a lot of practice not to sound awkward going from *kz* to -inti.

Paul Franz, on the Star Fleet Online talk show, does say it as "zinti."
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Steve Cole · Site Admin Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3839

The official SFU pronunciation is "Kah-Zin-Tee".
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ncrcalamine · Lieutenant Commander Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 272

I have talked with Larry Niven about his Kzinti some years ago. The K definitely was not silent. I don't remember the exact pronunciation. And Steve is always right.

Nicole Rubins

gurps_gm · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2018 6:20 am Post subject:

Indeed. Thanks guys.

Steve Cole · Site Admin Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3839

Well, I'm only right inside SFU, and only if Jean or Petrick don't remind me of something I forgot.
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