Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died

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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