Re: The one already done

The Gray Wizard sikayal:

> > As for
> > "aesthetic", I've never seen it "esthetic", but I have seen it "asthetic",
> > and heard it pronounced that way too.
>
> "asthetic"? Really?  I suppose I have heard it pronounced as though it were
> so spelled, I can't recall ever seeing it intentionally written that way.
Hmm.  How are you all pronouncing that word?  I always pronounce it as
[&s'TEdIk], with the first vowel as clearly [&] and not [E].  But since
the first vowel is unstressed it may be somewhat reduced sort of ambiguous
between [&] and [E] phonemically, so I'm not surprised that people vary.
Anyway, I've seen all three spellings: aesthetic, esthetic, asthetic.
Only the first is correct.


Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu

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