Official pronunciation of "Schizoid"?

Could anybody help me out? I'm sure this could help a lot of new members interested in the disorder.

How I imagine it being said is "Skit-zoid", as in schizophrenia. Is this correct?

Thanks
-Kimochi

I think it's pronounced [skit-soid]

I searched and it looks like this is the correct way to pronounce it. You should also use Text To Speech services and listen for yourself:

http://www.databasesystemscorp.com/psivrttv.htm
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
http://www.naturalvoices.att.com/demos/

The only time that I have ever heard it said out loud was by a psychologist who pronounced it skee-zoid.

meat_aloof wrote:The only time that I have ever heard it said out loud was by a psychologist who pronounced it skee-zoid.

King Crimson, who I consider to be the more reputable authorities, pronounces it skit'-zoid

A Rebours wrote:King Crimson, who I consider to be the more reputable authorities, pronounces it skit'-zoid

That's the way I pronounce it in my head as well as it seems to make more sense: skit-zo-fre-knee-a, skit-zo-ty-pel, skit-zoid. As I recall, when the same question was asked on the yahoo mailing list the responses were mixed between skee-zoid and skit-zoid.

meat_aloof wrote:The only time that I have ever heard it said out loud was by a psychologist who pronounced it skee-zoid.

Hopefully you laughed in his/her face.

My psychology professor pronounced it skee-zoid... I still think that skit-zoid makes more sense though.

Hrmm...actually my therapist and my psychiatrist pronounced it skee-zoid.

C'mon, there is so little difference between skee-zoid and skit-zoid. If you talk a little inarticulate, one wouldn't notice a difference.

Meh, at least there's no doubt how to pronounce it in german

Btw, I would go for skit-zoid

Ivan88 wrote:Meh, at least there's no doubt how to pronounce it in german

Why don't we all just use the German pronunciation then? To be honest that's how I pronouced it before I saw the resemblence with "Schizophrenia".