# Schizoid and schizophrenic (accent/pronunciation)

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schizoid-and-schizophrenic-accent-pronunciation/478714
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 26, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schizoid-and-schizophrenic-accent-pronunciation/478714 "2008-12-26T08:51:33Z")
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### Author: ![HumanMonkeyGod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c67d28/32.png) [@HumanMonkeyGod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanMonkeyGod)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schizoid-and-schizophrenic-accent-pronunciation/478714/1 "2008-12-26T08:51:33Z")

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Some questions about how to say these words; first - is there a difference between how British and Americans pronounce them?  
is the sch pronounced “sk” or “sc” like scissors? or “sh”?  
Is the z like “itso” or “izzo”? is the e in enic like scene or hen?

Thanks

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### Author: ![schindler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@schindler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schindler)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2008, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schizoid-and-schizophrenic-accent-pronunciation/478714/2 "2008-12-26T08:58:44Z")

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Dunno where you’re from or if this will be helpful. I’m from New York, and it’s SK, ITSO, and PHREN-rhymes-with-HEN

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### Author: ![PsychoNoddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@PsychoNoddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PsychoNoddy)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schizoid-and-schizophrenic-accent-pronunciation/478714/3 "2008-12-26T09:15:47Z")

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> [@schindler](#):
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> Dunno where you’re from or if this will be helpful. I’m from New York, and it’s SK, ITSO, and PHREN-rhymes-with-HEN

Same for this Australian. Now is that shindler or skindler?

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### Author: ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schizoid-and-schizophrenic-accent-pronunciation/478714/4 "2008-12-26T11:56:27Z")

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> [@schindler](#):
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> Dunno where you’re from or if this will be helpful. I’m from New York, and it’s SK, ITSO, and PHREN-rhymes-with-HEN

Same for this Brit, too.

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### Author: ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schizoid-and-schizophrenic-accent-pronunciation/478714/5 "2008-12-26T12:10:29Z")

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Same here, in Ohio.

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### Author: ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schizoid-and-schizophrenic-accent-pronunciation/478714/6 "2008-12-27T08:05:18Z")

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San Diego psychologist here:  
SKIT-so-frenick and SKEEZ-oyd. Schizophrenia is an Axis I major mental disorder; Schizoid is one of several (Axis II) personality disorders.

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### Author: ![schindler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@schindler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schindler)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schizoid-and-schizophrenic-accent-pronunciation/478714/7 "2008-12-27T23:16:33Z")

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lol that’d be Schindler beginning with a voiceless alveopalatal fricative (SH). So i suppose if you want to hear someone pronounce schizo with a “sh”, ask a german. Maybe.