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Re:Yale physicists find signs of a time crystal by stochastic_monk on Friday May 04, 2018 @03:01PM (#16997288)
If it helps for the future, it's pronounced "mayuh coolpuh", so the e makes the "ay" sound.
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Re:Yale physicists find signs of a time crystal by jdmichal on Friday May 04, 2018 @05:47PM (#16998648)
The IPA is /me.a kul.pa/.

So that's a reasonable approximation. The vowels are off. If you know Spanish pronunciation, it's exactly the same for this word.

Specifically, The E sound is actually the single-vowel /e/, not the diphthong /aɪ/. The "uh" in both words is closer to "ah".

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