Pronunciation of "alkene" vs. "alkyne" Maybe this is better in English.SE, but I think I'm more likely to get better responses here in the "industry" site. This post got me thinking; how do you pronounce "alkyne" (a hydrocarbon with a carbon-carbon triple bond) differently enough from "alkene" (a hydrocarbon with a carbon-carbon double bond) to differentiate the two in spoken conversation? They're obviously spelled differently and so can be separated in the literature, but I can't find a satisfactory pronunciation for either that isn't "al-keen".
English isn't my first language, and in truth I'm always doubtful about the pronunciation of words in chemistry. Sometimes it's possible to find videos where the words are mentioned, for example here or here or here or here (several examples of alkenes and alkynes being pronounced in this last one). That's what I use, al-keen and al-kyne (ky as in kite or sky).