Re: Love Those Double Vowels (was: Diving In...)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 9, 2001, 1:33 |
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Steg Belsky wrote:
> I actually usually pronounce "ether" as /ETr=/ , with a 'short E'. I
> associate /ETr=/ with the early anesthetic, and /iTr=/ with emptiness /
> chaos / outer space.
Hmm ... I use /iTr=/ for the anesthetic, and /EDr=/ for "outer space".
Come to think about it, I believe I heard /iTr=/ before I saw it in
writing, and the other way around for "outer space". As for "mathom", I
always read it as /m&Dm=/.
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