Audio/Video anomaly

dragon1952
dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
edited May 2007 in The Clubhouse
Just switching from Audiogon to Videogon, and being to lazy to type the whole thing so I 'swiped' the 'audi' to replace with 'vide', and something just struck me as being a little strange. I'm sure there's a logical explanation, however, I'm too lazy to research it so instead I decided I'd rather look stupid here :rolleyes:
I found it funny that 'audio' is spelled with an 'io' but 'video' is spelled with an 'eo'. Why not audio/vidio or audeo/video? :confused:
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited May 2007
    Keep people honest. LOL
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited May 2007
    OK...good start and very thoughtful answer I might add :rolleyes:
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited May 2007
    audio

    the "i" is short as in "sick"

    video

    the "e" is long as in "peek"


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  • bradm6406
    bradm6406 Posts: 39
    edited May 2007
    Not to suck the fun out of this discussion, but....

    audio:
    "sound, especially recorded or transmitted," 1934, abstracted from prefix audio- (in audio-frequency, 1919, etc.), from L. audire "hear" (see audience). First used in Eng. as a prefix 1913; audiophile first attested 1951.

    video:
    1935, as visual equivalent of audio, from L. video "I see," first person singular present indicative of videre "to see" (see vision). Videotape (n.) is from 1953; the verb is 1959, from the noun; videocassette is from 1971; video game is from 1973. Videocassette recorder is from 1971, now usually VCR (also 1971).

    Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper


    So, it all comes from Latin.


    Brad
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited May 2007
    How about this, why is a "w" a double "u" and not a double "v" ie. double U "UU" vs. double V "VV". A "W" looks more like a double "V" to me.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited May 2007
    bradm6406 wrote: »
    So, it all comes from Latin...
    Brad


    That explains it. I figured those **** had to have something to do with it :rolleyes:
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  • jmwest1970
    jmwest1970 Posts: 846
    edited May 2007
    dudeinaroom wrote: »
    How about this, why is a "w" a double "u" and not a double "v" ie. double U "UU" vs. double V "VV". A "W" looks more like a double "V" to me.

    ...and why is a V pronounce like a W and vice versa in German? :confused:
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  • TN_Polk_Lover
    TN_Polk_Lover Posts: 243
    edited May 2007
    dudeinaroom wrote: »
    How about this, why is a "w" a double "u" and not a double "v" ie. double U "UU" vs. double V "VV". A "W" looks more like a double "V" to me.

    Well in French it is a "double V", it is pronounced due-ble-veigh (rhymes with weigh).

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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited May 2007
    so are you saying in Germany its a "Wolts Vagon"?
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