Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died

Re:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died by sebmellen on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:43AM (#28940355)

That is a remarkable last name.

Never knew of this man, but getting into the “flow state” more often has become one of my core objectives in life. Sad to hear of his passing.

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Re:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died by froh on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:58AM (#28940460)

"Chick-sent-me-high" was given as a good approximation to pronounce his name in one of his books.

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Re:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died by vekerdyb on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:31AM (#28941088)

Me-high Cheek-sent-me-high-y would be my approximation for the full name. The Twitter post and the HN title has an extra ‘i’ after his first name. Rest in peace, nyugodj bekeben.

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Re:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died by matmatmatmat on Thursday October 21, 2021 @01:39AM (#28940740)

HN readers in Hungary are just waking up to this news, but I can confirm that's a pretty decent approximation.

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Re:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died by kmarc on Thursday October 21, 2021 @01:53AM (#28940829)

cheek-sent-me-high would be even better.

One of the lesser known Hungarians (even Hungarians don't really know of him), but definitely remarkable life and research.

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Re:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died by sturza on Thursday October 21, 2021 @03:01AM (#28941287)

I can confirm this. On the back of "Good work" - book with Gardner, Csikszentmihalyi and Damon they mention the Chick-sent-me-high pronunciation.

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Re:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died by shaldjfb on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:31AM (#28941087)

Is chick-sent-me-holly wrong?

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Re:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died by yosito on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:42AM (#28941154)

Yes. In Hungarian, ly is pronounced like y, the l is silent.

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