Each answer contains a question: Should the list relevant word be pronounced the first way, or the second way? Bet NO for the way on the left, or YES for the way on the right according to your opinion.
1 person = 1 vote (per answer), so having more shares does not make your vote count for more. The amount of shares doesn't matter for the resolution, one share of yes is one vote and one hundred shares of yes is also one vote.
Note that market prices will be a bit strange here, because this is simultaneously a market and a poll. If you sell your shares, you are also removing your vote.
You can submit any word that seems to have multiple pronunciations, just make sure your pronunciation options are clearly understood phonetically (and it follows the structure of the other answers)! If there is another (3rd) pronunciation of a word, it can challenge the winner of the first two pronunciations. Also let me know if there are any phonetic issues (I'm not good at it).
I will close every month (may speed this up to weekly if the market catches on).
If there is a clear majority (min. 5 votes) of YES holders, the option resolves YES.
If there is a clear majority of NO holders, the option resolves NO.
If it's very close and votes are still coming in, the option will remain un-resolved.
I may update these exact criteria to better match the spirit of the question if anyone has any good suggestions, so please leave a comment if you do.
Heavily inspired from @Joshua + @Bayesian markets:
/Bayesian/leftwing-or-rightwing-which-personc
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@ZaneMiller Ah, interesting, so it's just one syllable then? I guess that doesn't match either option here, but it's closer to the NO option.
@TimothyJohnson5c16 Which of these is equivalent to kray·aan? @StopPunting do you mind updating this one to use standard phonemes?
(1) Excluding from consideration Data the TNG character
(2) Recently, a colleague whose first language is Hindi, who’s spoken English his whole life, and who has lived on West Coast of US 15 years, asked me which is best, “day-tuh”, “da-tuh” (short A) or “dah-tuh” (to rhyme with “persona non grata”). I’d never heard the third, we both agreed it didn’t sound British but neither of us is native Brit. Can anyone educate me on that option?
@ClubmasterTransparent I think it's almost exclusively "day-tuh" in the UK. Apparently it's "dah-tuh" in Australian/NZ English though.