Official pronunciation of "Schizoid"?

Don't you pronounce "schizoid" and the first part of "schizoidalne" the same way in polish?

Does "schizoid" in polish sound like "schizoid" in german? ("S-he-zoid" sounds like german)

dictionary.com says it's pronounced "skit-soid" and that's how I've always pronounced it.

Heh... I say skitzofrenia, but for some reason I say sk-iz-oyd. (iz as in quiz) I guess the most common pronunciation is with an invisible 't'. 'skizoyd' flows much smoother than 'skitzoyd' in my opinion.

I also pronounce it sk-iz-oyd. Schiz like schism, which is where the word comes from.. dictionary says Skit-zoid, but eh, I still prefer pronouncing it sk-iz-oyd. The t is a bit awkard for me.

Ivan88 wrote:Don't you pronounce "schizoid" and the first part of "schizoidalne" the same way in polish?

Does "schizoid" in polish sound like "schizoid" in german? ("S-he-zoid" sounds like german)

Well, I'm not sure about German pronounciation, I never learned German.

When pronoucing it I usually pronounce it she-so-id as that's the Norwegian way of saying it. It did occur to me afterwards that the schizperger pun didn't actually work in English with the Skeetsoid/skee-zoid pronounciation.

And the American Heritage dictionary gives the pronounciation as skit'soid for whatever that's worth.

Aphid wrote:dictionary.com says it's pronounced "skit-soid" and that's how I've always pronounced it.

This should teach me to read the whole thread before answering, but somehow I doubt that it will.

My dictionary says the prefix comes from the Greek word "skhizein" which means to split, so perhaps the definitive answer lies with how the Greeks pronounce "skhiz" or "schiz".

Hehehe everytime my sister says schizoid she pronounces it "Shitzoid" I think she dose that to bug me.

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

That's how my psychiatrist pronounces it.