Pronunciation of "Zotero"

pigsonthewing

One thing I have noticed at conferences and events is that people pronounce "Zotero" differently to each other - even if they are native speakers of the same language.

Is anyone in a position to assert the definitive pronunciation, and kindly upload an audio file saying the word, to Wikimedia Commons, so that can be linked to from the Wikipedia article and Wikidata item about Zotero?

bknorn

See http://ideophone.org/zotero-etymology/

adamsmith

(though unfortunately the linked podcast -- with Zotero's founding director talking about Zotero -- is no longer available it seems)

adamsmith

@pigsonthewing I found an archived version of an old Educause podcast where the then director Josh Greenberg talks about Zotero https://web.archive.org/web/20070103021403/http://connect-cdn.educause.edu/files/active/0/CNI_F2006_ZOTERO.mp3

pigsonthewing

Interesting, thank you - but it can't be used on Wikipedia, because there's no (evidence of an) open licence.

We do need an original file uploaded under such a licence, by its creator.

fgnievinski

although the audio file can't be uploaded, the pronunciation could be transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and the podcast could be cited.

pigsonthewing

"the pronunciation could be transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet "

Thank you; please do so.

Meanwhile, an audio file is still desirable, for people who don't know what the IPA is or how to read it.

mark

The American English pronunciation in the podcast is provided in the blog post linked above (which I wrote 13 years ago): [ˌzɔˈtɛɹoʊ] (zoh-TER-o)

Though as a linguist I would note that there need not be a single "definitive" pronunciation; people are free to adopt whatever they hear around them. This is why I note that the above transcription is American English; I'm pretty sure UK English will sounds different, and in Dutch, people pronounce it [ˌzoˈtɪ:roʊ].

bwiernik

Here is a recording of the pronunciation of Zotero. I make it available under a CC0 (public domain) license.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aq5hTi4P2Wf5i_BPLXBQ2ebE-PC5Ew?e=olNceg

pigsonthewing

Many thanks Brenton, now on Wikimedia Commons [1] and the English Wikipedia article [2].

[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zotero_pronunciation_-_By_Brenton_Wiernik_-_Licensed_CC0.flac

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zotero