Här får i nästan alltid uttalet aj

• This contribution (in Swedish) is a brief note to challenge two claims made in the journal Språktidningen about the word wi-fi, (1) that it is totally void of semantic content from a word-formation point of view, (2) that a wish for vowel symmetry is the main reason for the diphthong pronunciation of both elements.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Studier av enskilda språk (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- Specific Languages (hsv//eng)

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vet (subject category)

art (subject category)