Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

Andreas Johansson wrote:
>While at it, how about the botanical -aceae?
[...'ej.Si.aj] chez moi....
>
> > Also (still IME), anything that's spelled -ii and pronounced -/aj/
> > can only be a fake word.  The faux-Latin plurals of "Elvis" and
> > "virus", for instance, are most plausibly spelled  "Elvi" and "viri",
> > not "Elvii" or "virii".
>
>The *real* fake-Latin pl of "Elvis" being, of course, _Elves_.
Right, unless it's an i-stem??? (acc. sg. elvim) Don't they have nom/acc. pl
in -i:s ?? Would we pronounce it ['Elvi:z]??? Elvibus is amusing too (these
plurals could well occur in Las Vegas, I guess)

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