How do you pronounce 'Superadine'?

[TemporalVileTerror]

@KauaiJim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLRPU-yirXY

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[MTeague]

1 hour ago, Wild Claw said:

It always struck me that the full 'Superadine'  (Souper-a-dyne) sounds like what a pharm company would name it,

For the Brand name, yes.

The Generic name is Homomutatisfiloximycinguafensin-Chloro-Hyclate.

[Haijinx]

3 hours ago, Supertanker said:

Supra-dine. Saying the full four syllables sounds awkward to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

that's how I've always thought it should be as well.   

 

Plus Supras used to be awesome. 

[Luminara]

1 hour ago, KauaiJim said:

Doesn't it seem like lately they have run out of good names and are just kind of making words up?

 

They all are.  There are always three names for pharmaceuticals - the chemical name, the common name and the brand name.  For example, isobutylphenylpropionic acid/ibuprofen/Advil.  The chemical name is basic and obvious, it's the chemical formula itself.  The common name is always derived from the chemical name.  Ibuprofen = isobutyl (ibu) propionic (pro) acid phenyl (fen).  That's marketable, but it's not copyrightable because it's basically just shorthand for the chemical name, so a third name is required, something a company can copyright.  Ergo, Advil.  Advil doesn't have a damn thing to do with the chemical or common names, it's just branding, but that branding is important because pharmaceutical patents aren't perpetual.  They expire, at which time anyone can manufacture the drug and sell it under their own brand name, or the common name (take a look at the NSAID section in any grocery or dollar store, you'll see ten different varieties of ibuprofen, including generic ibuprofen with no brand name, just the store logo).  The completely made up brand name gives the original patent holder a leg up on competition when the patent expires and everyone starts selling the same thing for a lower price, in different dosages or with their own combinations of other pharmaceuticals.

[Shred Monkey]

I'm in the super-dine camp.  

 

I see no reason to pronounce every syllable ...especially if it's a Wednesday.

 

[KauaiJim]

Thanks @Luminara, but I was more just poking fun at this;

https://xconomy.com/national/2011/05/09/why-are-drugs-getting-such-weird-brand-names/

 

[Zephyr Star]

Thanks for all your inputs! 🙂

[Chance Jackson]

the 1st or 2nd one or something in between?

[Meta-Television]

5 hours ago, Shred Monkey said:

I'm in the super-dine camp.  

 

I see no reason to pronounce every syllable ...especially if it's a Wednesday.

 

here here, SUPER-DINE, I never even noticed the other syllable until this thread.

 

[SaintD]

/su:prədaɪn/

People in Paragon City can be heard calling it the slang of 'dyne', with the /aɪ/ sound (like 'die-n'), which wouldn't make sense if it was /su:prədi:n/ with a long ee sound.

However, I also knowly say it wrong: it should be /su:pərədaɪn/ with an extra schwa to properly say the full 'super' AND the 'a' after it, but I can't be bothered with that. It's cumbersome to say, so I do it my way (which would probably be spelled more like Supradyne) to make it articulate together more easily for me (and possibly others, but there are many dialects so what comes more naturally off your tongue might be different).

[Black Zot]

Anyone else get the impression the stuff might have been named like that on purpose, to trigger this sort of conversation among capes so their response to the latest crime is delayed?

[Nemeroff]

12 hours ago, Saeletra said:

I'm one of those "Super-Dine" people. Because I read it wrong initially, and every other reading since has been awkward with extra syllables.

 

Or 'Dyne.

This.

[Mr. Vee]

Despite how it's spelled it's actually pronounced "Throatwarbler Mangrove".

[bustacap]

Soup-ra-dean

[Doomguide2005]

I've been known to talk to myself 😜 ... 

 

But don't think I've ever actually said it out loud, even back on Live in Teamspeak.  But in my head Supra-dyne or maybe Su-per-a-dyne.

 

Super D, Special D, or Dyne.

[Black Zot]

2 hours ago, Doomguide2005 said:

 

Special D, 

 

Are we getting superpowers from cereal now?

[Doomguide2005]

2 hours ago, Black Zot said:

 

Are we getting superpowers from cereal now?

😁  Special K ... as in Ketamine, so not cereal so much.

[siolfir]

 

33 minutes ago, Doomguide2005 said:

2 hours ago, Black Zot said:

5 hours ago, Doomguide2005 said:

Special D,

 

Are we getting superpowers from cereal now?

😁  Special K ... as in Ketamine, so not cereal so much.

At least they didn't go for the obvious "your mom" joke.

 

(repost: had to fix the quote chain)

[Outrider_01]

The good stuff

[Gerswin]

Most chemicals with an amine functional group are pronounced with an  -een or -in sound at the end, such as glycine, amphetamine, epinephrine imipramine, and cytosine. 

 

Given that superadine has no primary, secondary, or tertiary amine groups, I think it is very likely that it rhymes with fine.

[Arnabas]

SOO-pruh-dyne.

[Techwright]

11 hours ago, Mr. Vee said:

Despite how it's spelled it's actually pronounced "Throatwarbler Mangrove".

So it follows the Scots Gaelic pattern of putting a bunch of letters down then completely ignoring them in the pronunciation?  Got it.  😏

 

This thread has been a fun read, but is there really just one legit pronunciation?  I mean, isn't that part of accents and linguistic origins?  I still get a kick out of watching YouTube videos put out by Brits and hearing words I was 100% sure had only one pronunciation, only to hear a Brit offer something wildly different.  And both are technically correct depending on place of origin.

 

You probably just read "pronunciation" in your own accent's version.

[KauaiJim]

2 hours ago, Gerswin said:

Most chemicals with an amine functional group are pronounced with an  -een or -in sound at the end, such as glycine, amphetamine, epinephrine imipramine, and cytosine. 

 

Given that superadine has no primary, secondary, or tertiary amine groups, I think it is very likely that it rhymes with fine.

 

And on that note:  What exactly is the molecular structure of superadine?  Are we certain is has no amines?  Does Visine have amines?  Gasoline?  Trinitrotoluene? (scratch that last one hehe)  I just don't see how superadine can cause interdimensional travel without amine groups... (lol)

 

On a more serious note:  Is there no cut scene where this word is spoken?  I can't remember.  How about any old videos of Cryptic devs talking about it?  Curious how they were pronouncing it back in the day...  It's always embarrassing trying to purchase illegal narcotics and pronouncing it wrong!  

[KauaiJim]

6 minutes ago, Techwright said:

You probably just read "pronunciation" in your own accent's version.

 

Where I'm from we call it 'per-noon-ky-ashen"!  😁

[golstat2003]

On 5/21/2021 at 4:01 PM, MTeague said:

"Meth"

 

LMAOOOOOOOOOO