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Michael Quinions usage has only one /i/:http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-uno1.htmUNOBTANIUMA material that is unobtainable, ...Read More

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Re: unobtanium v unobtainium

I prefer the 2-i version, which I think is the original science-fiction-fannish spelling.BTW, since "/i/" represents the phoneme, rather than the letter, and both versions are, AFAIK, pronounced the...

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Re: unobtanium v unobtainium

if i may interjecti do agree with the /i/ as a phoneme and that both are correct- the word may be derived form the idea of being "not obtainable" the word is modelled after the periodic table of...

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