Talk:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

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I'd just like to point out that Mike has the coolest name ever. Especially since his first name is contained inside his awesome last name.207.229.185.50 10:14, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 A Clerihew 2 Some small irony 3 Pronunciation 4 Positive Coaching Alliance

[edit] A Clerihew

Said Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,

"When, someday, I die

Please let my friends know

That I ebbed with the Flow."

— [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 23:29, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, his name sounds awesome in English. Actually, in Hungarian "Mihaly" is for Michael, "szent" means saint, and "Csík" is a region in Transilvania (today's Romania). So Csíkszentmihaly is a village named after Saint Michael in the Csík region, and the final "i" in the name is the Hungarian suffix meaning "from". Like the "de" or "von" in French or German names. Cheers.--Steve balogh 11:33, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

So, his name could be interpreted as "Michael from Saint Michael in Csik" :-) Peter S. 22:42, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

More biographical information would be nice...201.34.229.244 01:25, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, after all this is a biography page. There is already a page on flow, making all but the first paragraph of this redundant and off-topic.

He's lucky he took up with Psych, because if he had been a pioneer in electrical matters, I could hardly see how anyone would be happy asking for a 40 Csikszentmihaly light bulb. Myles325a (talk) 05:27, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Some small irony

"most widely cited psychologists today [citation needed]"

I think that citation should be brought forward. Although the irony is nice. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.1.36.14 (talk) 15:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC).

Yes, it is amusing. I think that sentence should be dropped entirely. I don't know the man or his work but an article as slim as this, putting forward only a single idea, suggests that he hasn't been that influential. 89.243.143.247 12:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

His work has definately been influential, this is evidenced by the fact that the research that took place 30-40 years ago is still being used in contemporary research 60.44.124.73 (talk) 05:54, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

found this pronunciation from the "say how" guide CHIK-sent-mē-hī-ē http://www.loc.gov/nls/other/sayhow.html

It's not in IPA form though...Farsnickle 21:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Added the IPA form 'tʃɪksɛntmihaɪi, I'm not sure how correct it is...(never actually heard his name pronounced) feel free to correct it...this is wp after allFarsnickle 21:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

To say his name it sounds like chih-chent-ma-holly. the 'ch' sound is like cha-ching of a cash register. the accent is on 'chent' and then a lighter accent on 'holly'. I had him in class and that's how we said it =) 74.240.138.146 (talk) 20:03, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, it is pronunced differently, but I don't know the phonetic alphabet but I'll try to transcribe it in English. (I am native Hungarian, and I made the comment above also about the meaning of the name)... So the correct pronunciation is roughly:

me - high ... cheek - sent - me - high - ee

Although most often it is incorrectly spelled, in the family name, the first "i", should have a long accent above, like "í", which in Hungarian denotes long vowel, that's why it is pronounced cheek and not chick. 82.130.8.34 (talk) 19:27, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Positive Coaching Alliance

Moved here from the article:

• "He is a member of the national advisory board of Positive Coaching Alliance."

Csikszentmihalyi's being on the board of the Positive Coaching Alliance is not a top honor worthy of the introductory paragraph. It belongs in a subordinate section on "other" affiliations. If someone would like to put it back in the article when we have such a section, that would be nice. -DoctorW 18:57, 21 June 2007 (UTC)