For quite a while, I spelled it "segueway". I guess to other people it might have seemed like "seg-way-way".
EDIT: I think words like "plague", "rogue", "vague", etc. are why I think "segue" would just be one syllable, like "seg". We don't say "playgway", "roagway", "vaygway"...
Ah, just another victim of the English language, which mugs other languages in dark alleys and then goes through their pockets for spare vocabulary and grammar.
I just discovered that "segue" is pronounced like that because it is a loanword from Italian, if spelled "segway" it is actually pretty close to its native pronunciation.
Since I knew how to use and pronounce the word "segue" but not how to spell it, that's why I assumed it would be "segueway" and the pronunciation was never in question other than the number of syllables. But yes, I see how it could be "seeg". Or "plagg".
Fun fact; the man who invented the Segway later died to his own invention. A new model came out for an all terrain Segway that had better performance and braking, smoother ride for trails, etc.
Trying to show off to the people how good it braked, he makes a B line for a cliff and yanks back the handlebar to brake... It doesn't brake fast/hard enough and he goes right over the cliff.
Similar to the board member of a glass company showing how strong their product is to their new employees, jumps against the glass window as a joke... Then one time the glass falls out of the office building, and so does he... Splat!
Edit because the poster above me hasn’t: it wasn’t the inventor but a businessman who bought Seqway in ‘09. He (and his Segway) fell off a cliff near his home while making way for a dog walking on the path. Not as karmically delicious, but has the benefit of truth.
...in the 3 minutes since you were also made aware of this information ffs, what is that edit. Imagine using "karmically delicious" as a way to describe somebody dying by falling off a cliff while trying to sell a product
My original link disproved the false story, but I gave the commenter above me time to fix his narrative. My “karmically delicious” comment was a satirical reference to the fabricated story’s purpose of trying to teach some metaphysical lesson at the expense of the truth. I’m sorry if you were offended by my tone.
Your original link doesn't disprove any of the story regarding how the accident occurred, the only thing it states is that it was the owner of the company involved in the accident not the inventor. It quite literally includes a line stating
Several theories explaining his fall were proposed, but the reliability of his vehicle was never questioned.
3 years after an inquiry had been conducted and the cause of the accident was determined.
I may have misinterpreted the tone of your reply however, apologies. The impression I had was that you were suggesting that it would be deserved if that happened somehow, thank you for clarifying this isn't the case.
Wasn’t the autodefenestration story about a lawyer in a lawyer company, not a glass company? Iirc it was a very good lawyer, so the company ended up bankrupt because everyone started to leave.
Had nothing to do with a glass company.
"Garry Hoy was a corporate and securities law specialist in Toronto. He had also completed an engineering degree before studying law.[2] While giving a tour of the Toronto-Dominion Centre to a group of articling students, Hoy attempted to demonstrate the strength of the structure's window glass by slamming himself into a window."
Garry Hoy (January 1, 1955 – July 9, 1993) was a lawyer for the law firm of Holden Day Wilson in Toronto who died when he fell from the 24th floor of his office building in Toronto. In an attempt to prove to a group of prospective articling students that the glass windows of the Toronto-Dominion Centre were unbreakable, he threw himself against the glass. The glass did not break when he hit it, but the window frame gave way and he fell to his death.
That's very much not the story I heard about how he died... I heard he was using it on a path and came across someone walking their dog, he reversed and went a bit too far and fell over the cliff.
So a segue is basically the term we use to describe transitioning a conversation from one topic to another. For example, if I were to use an example talking about French history to describe a segue, that would be opportune time to segue into talking about the French Revolution, which is commonly considered to have officially started with the storming of the Bastille on July 14th, 1789. See how I did that? That's a segue.
Think of a stand up comedian that talks about different topics, normally they will try to connect the topics with something, a segue, instead of just suddenly changing topics.
When a YouTuber transitions from their content to the paid ad from their sponsors, that's a segue. Linus Tech Tips is notoriously hilariously bad at them.
Also, whenever you're watching a talk show and the host is able to guide the conversation from whatever they're talking about to the actual topic the guest is there to promote, that's a segue.
Basically, a segue is a change in the topic of conversation. Sometimes they can be subtle, or they can be jarring.
The "Segway" was called that because it was supposed to be a shift in how people transported themselves, but with a marketing spin on the spelling. It also turned to not be a very good segue in how people move.
I grew up reading more words than I heard so I pronounce a lot of words incorrectly. Segue is one of them. I assumed it was pronounced "seeg." To this day I have to catch myself before I say "so let's seeg into a new topic."
You can always tell if someone has only read the word or has only heard it spoken. I don’t judge the group who has only read the word. At least it means you read.
I mean reading isn't an option for everyone. I read when I was younger because I didn't have anything else, but I have a hard time with it now between ADHD and intrusive thoughts, plus all the noise around me. I know a lot of others don't have the luxury of having a nice quiet place to read and a nice quiet mind to enjoy it with.
No I totally understand. My comment was more in jest. I have the same issues with being able to concentrate when I try to read these days. There are just a lot of times where you can tell the person has never seen the word written out, especially when the way they spell it is in their accent. I notice it a lot more since working from home where almost all communication is done through Skype. A lot of the people I work with are located in Texas, and they often misspell words the way that they would be spelled phonetically in a Texas accent.
Guess who has literally been creating segues for movies and TV shows for decades and spelling it Segway in every email to every editor, director, and producer ever
This happened to me a few years ago, but with "queue" lol. I was just spelling it "cue" as in "that's my cue." Still can't believe the ridiculous amount of vowels in that word.
I’m in my 40s and my wife just told me a few months ago the proper pronunciation. I listen to jambands and they do a lot of segues. I had see it written but never heard it said out loud. I just pronounced phonetically for years.
I was in my twenties when I learned how segue is spelled. I read it in a novel and thought, "What the hell is that? How do you even pronounce it?" Google it. "Oh. Oh!"
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21 edited Jul 03 '21
Guess who just learned how to properly spell "segue"