Is there any hope in this, or are we doomed to spelling it one way and pronouncing it another way? Over the last few years it sure seems like more folks are adding the extra syllable in there. It feels so nuculear.
- paul
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it is not constant, and will not abide by rules no matter how hard ya try.
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I’ll PM you. - Paul
there’s a more disturbing trend than that: Aquathon vs Aquathlon. Aquathlon?.. I mean, come on! Feels like you have a mouth full of marbles when you say it.
It’s Aquathon, people.
just wait - it’s going to be Aquathalon real soon now. and duathalon.
I was searching via google desktop for an event email and couldn’t find it… turned out the promoter had the extra ‘a’ in triathlon.
or Marathalon
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Anyone who says tri-ath-a-lon is also saying it wrong. Because people say the word wrong, doesn’t mean we spell it wrong too. E.g. Nuclear. Amurican.
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It’s Aquathon, people
It might be aquathon in your world and I hope that’s a happy place. But the ITU and USAT call it aquathlon and the etymology of the word is pretty obvious. The suffix -athlon comes from the greek root -athl, meaning contest or prize. It’s why we call someone who does sports – who competes for prizes – an athlete, not an athete. And: decaTHLON, pentaTHLON, biaTHLON, triaTHLON… (What about marathon, you ask? Marathon doesn’t derive from the same root; it comes from the name of a Greek city, of course (“Marathon” is the Greek word for fennel, said to be common to that area of Greece).)
language
it is not constant, and will not abide by rules no matter how hard ya try.
I agree, but 'triathAlon' is just wrong. I'm sticking to my guns on this one.
It might be aquathon in your world and I hope that’s a happy place. But the ITU and USAT call it aquathlon and the etymology of the word is pretty obvious. The suffix -athlon comes from the greek root -athl, meaning contest or prize. It’s why we call someone who does sports – who competes for prizes – an athlete, not an athete. And: decaTHLON, pentaTHLON, biaTHLON, triaTHLON… (What about marathon, you ask? Marathon doesn’t derive from the same root; it comes from the name of a Greek city, of course (“Marathon” is the Greek word for fennel, said to be common to that area of Greece).)
That’s really interesting… thanks for posting that!
However, I do think there was about a ten year period in my life when I was actually, an “ath-eat”. I did a lot of slow jogging AND a lot of eating 
Good answer- I stand corrected. And thank you kind person! I hope your world is happy as well.
Still sounds funny…
Triathalons are only scheduled in Febuary. 
Brian
Tri-ath-lon if I have any thing to say about it, and I often do.
I do not understand how you can worry about such trivialities when the threat of nuculear war exists.
Agreed, not a word that rolls prettily off the tongue…
or Marathalon
or marathlon if you want to completely step on the greek roots of it. Try saying marathlon quickly without spitting over your friends and family.
Just found even in Chris McDougall’s popular book, Born to Run, he uses the words " he competed in triathalons". what a newb
According to one of my friends, I am a triathalon and I do triathletes.
Lance Armstrong, that’s who.
I do not understand how you can worry about such trivialities when the threat of nuculear war exists.
Nu-cle-ar
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