The Equi-Poised Post

November 14, 2008

I say "ek" myself, and both pronunciations are listed at dictionary.com. Minor matter, "ek" vs "eek", compared to the bizarre mispronunciations cited above.

Not to get too far off-track, but the pronunciation of "Patrician" as "Puh tree shun" is another oddity.

November 15, 2008

Warren G. Harding pronounced it "ekwa" in his "Normalcy" speech. "What this country needs is not... nostrums but normalcy... not experimentation but equipoise...."

November 15, 2008

Fred, what did the person saying you were wrong believe was more correct?
Get this: ek-wa-peez

Fred

That's even worse than poise to rhyme with Boise

Kinda reminds me of a certain warner bros. rabbit pronouncing a certain New Mexico town,"AL-buh-koik-eee"...............

John

March 30, 2009

Okay, so I found the oddest transitional/ equipoise wahl I ever seen today. I did not but, but it has what appears to be black formed ends, on a green and bronze pen, the pen looks like a type 3, in the discussion above, bu extend 3/4~ for the cap, and maybe 1/2" for the barrel. I tried to get a picture, but was wondering if anyone ever seen this before? both the pen and pencil have the same style of manufacture, so it is not a discolor band by any means. I did not buy the set, becuase it was priced too high for the set, with barrel thread damage. Just wondering, that's all....