Re: RV: Old English
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 30, 2000, 16:46 |
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BP Jonsson wrote:
> Agree. How would you Anglos pronounce Skien, BTW?
The regular pronunciation of "ie", except finally, is /i:/, so /ski:n/ would
be expected. (Derivatives of words with final "ie", like "dies", are an
exception.)
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