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Re: [Conlangs-Conf] Witty slogan

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 14:27
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From: "Sai Emrys" <sai@...>

>> "SegWay" as in "trendy means of transport"? >> Or "segue" as in "follow-up, sequence"? > > |segue| -> /si:g/ > |segway| -> /s3gw3j/ > > Latter is synonymous with former, but I use the two discretely. > > - Sai
I may be wrong here, but I have always pronounced segue as "segway." Just checked AHD--that's an acceptable pronunciation. Straight from the Italian, taken from L. seguire, "to follow." It's an awkward spelling, I'll admit, and sometimes, in writing to people, I put an accent over the final e. Segway is perfectly clear. Sally Sally

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