Talk:Syzygy

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[edit] Pronunciation

Could someone add a pronunciation for this? Privong 23:36, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

In American dictionary respelling it's /siz'.i.jē/; In X-SAMPA it's ["sIz.I.dZi]; in IPA it's [ˈsɪz.ɪ.ʤi]. --Damian Yerrick 05:48, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
Or it's the first half of scissors plus the second half of prodigy. Do you want a recording? --Gus N 23:31, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
Yea, a recording might be useful on the page. Privong 19:46, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Origin

I am myself Turkish, and I cannot see how "sezgi" (means sense, perception) has anything to do with syzygy other than "maybe" in their pronounciations and looks! I think that portion should be removed. May-Ur


[edit] Additional Uses

Should the fact the the original name of the company Atari was supposed to be Syzygy be added? I'd add it to the Atari page too. Tom 23:07, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

I read that the reason why Atari was used instead of Syzygy was that a roofing company had already taken the name. The article claims that a candle company had already taken the name.--Minster01 (talk) 00:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
There is also a Japanese band by this name, who have released two albums under the Tzadik label in america. Their home page is found at http://www.ne.jp/asahi/syzygys/official/eindex.html

[edit] Disambiguation?

Is this really a disambiguation page? There are relatively few internal links -- for most uses of "syzygy," the definition is right here on this page. --Dantheox 17:23, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree something should be done, but I haven't figured out what to propose yet. As it is, though, it is a syzygy of pages, no? I'll be back with more positive suggestions.

John (Jwy) 20:02, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Longest with no anagrams?

I think Zenzizenzizenzic is the ONLY word with 6 z's so can't have any anagrams. I will pull the claim from here for now. A Geek Tragedy 21:24, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

I believe you are correct Sir! 66.246.72.108 05:53, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reason for popularity

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the longest english word that doesn't contain one of the 5 "standard" (or whatever they're called) vowels? Jjchong 13:32, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Longest English word without a vowel?

The article states that syzygy is tied with rhythm as the longest English word without a vowel. I don't want to sound too picky, but shouldn't rhythms (with an emphasis on the "s" at the end) be considered the longest word? Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think sygyzy can be pluralized simply by adding an "s" at the end. S@lo 05:25, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Avoid the Noid

The word syzygy also appears in the executable of Avoid the Noid (noid.exe). It looks like a parameter, but I don't know what it does. Does anyone here know what it does? Calvero2 13:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, it enables some cheat codes in the game. Calvero2 12:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CoCo vs Dragon video game?

[1] describes a "graphical, 3D adventure game" which "borrows some elements from the Star Wars movies." It was written by Scott Cabit and published by Spectral Associates.

The Dragon and Color Computer were very similar: Dragon_computer#Differences_from_the_CoCo

Does anyone know if this be the same game as the one published by Microdeal? ColorfulNumbers 03:53, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Origin

Syzygia comes from the Greek "syn" (con) and "zygos" (balance). Syzygia (looses the "n" as usual in Greek) means among others arrangement of a pair and AFAIK is not Latin. Derivatives are used for the married couple ("syzygos", both male and female) and extended even to oxes yoked together (hence the reference in the article) often called "ypozygia"(pl.)=oxen under the yoke, expression used for enslaved people or nations, thus linking marriage, oxen and slavery in an imperative manner.Dpser 22:17, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Syzygy score in Scrabble

The article says that syzygy is the word without vowels that score the most points in Scrabble. (It is already marked with citation needed, though.) I guess this depend on what words are allowed in the game. If scientific names are allowed then the wasp genus zyzzyx should score pretty high too. Does anyone know he rules of Scrabble? :) --Imraith-Nimphais (talk)

According to Scrabble_letter_distributions, S=1, Y=4, X=8, G=2, and Z=10. However, there are only 2 Y's and 1 Z, so some of the letters in syzygy and zyzzyx have to use blanks, worth zero points. Thus
syzygy=(S1)(Y4)(Z10)(Y4)(G2)(Y0)=21 points, the last Y being a blank.
zyzzyx=(Z10)(Y4)(Z0)(Z0)(Y4)(X8)=26 points, the two Z's being blanks.
Therefore, you're correct, so long as zyzzyx is permitted under Scrabble rules (which I can't rule on). --ScottAlanHill (talk) 01:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)