The result was keep. +Angr 05:18, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Was nominated for deletion a year ago and closed with no consensus. Still has the same problems: no definition of counterintuitive, and no references. What is counterintuitive is inherently WP:POV, and so the list is either WP:OR or WP:SYN. -Mairi (talk) 02:41, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As for being "open to" OR and POV—well, so's Barack Obama. We don't delete material because it's "open to" misguided or bad-faith editors.—S Marshall Talk/Cont 11:35, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
1) "Inherently POV"—Well, "lieutenant" is variously pronounced "leftenant" or "loot'nant" . This is either intuitive or counterintuitive. I put it to you that the idea that it's intuitive is a minority POV, and the idea that it's counterintuitive is mainstream. Would you disagree?
2) "Inherently OR"—This would be true if there were no published sources. But a quick glance at my bookshelves gives me: Baugh, Albert C. & Cable, Thomas: A History of the English Language. Routledge, first edition 1951. My 5th edition (2002), ISBN 0415280990, discusses the matter in the context of English - American dialect changes and Mr Webster's spelling reforms, on pp 367-376. I can't immediately lay my hands on my copy of Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue, but I seem to recall the matter is discussed there as well. Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words is also likely to prove a rich resource.
In short, it's well-covered by sources, and I think it's neither POV nor OR.—S Marshall Talk/Cont 16:41, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Chapter 12 points out the various different ways foreigners pronounce English words, and would be a good source for describing how "intuitive" to a native Japanese speaker varies from "intuitive" to a Frenchman.
Chapter 13 is even better, addressing a series of specific pronunciations directly on pp 191-192. This is ISBN 014014305X.—S Marshall Talk/Cont 01:17, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I see several "delete it because we can't agree on exactly what counterintuitive means", and I don't think this argument stands up to close scrutiny. You go to a source that says it's counterintuitive, and if it is, you list it here. Simple.
Incidentally, there's a helpful list of "disputed pronunciations" in Fowler's. In my revised 3rd edition of 1998, ISBN 0198602634, it's on page 630. One can presume that if they're "disputed" pronunciations, then at least one of the variations is counterintuitive for someone.—S Marshall Talk/Cont 01:02, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]