On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, John Cowan wrote:
>BP Jonsson wrote:
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>> Agree. How would you Anglos pronounce Skien, BTW?
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>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.)
I've always heard (and oh so commonly used) [ske:n].
Padraic.
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