Re: Zero-ness

Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> > Date:         Wed, 9 Aug 2000 12:52:04 -0500
> > From:         "Thomas R. Wier" <artabanos@...>
>
> > bjm10@CORNELL.EDU wrote:
> > > On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Vasiliy Chernov wrote:
> > > > "Nihilar"?  :)
> > > > (Don't ask me how to pronounce this in English)
> > > It would end up being something like /ni:-laR/ in my dialect
> > If I had to use it, I would feel compelled to pronounce the <h>,
> > which makes it sound awkward for me.  Thus, my resistence of the
> > term.
>
> Well, the Romans themselves dropped the haitch, so shrug off that
> compulsion. Make both nihilar and nilar official spellings and let
> everybody pronounce it like Bryan does.
Heh.  Unless I wanted to be ultraprescriptivist, in which case I
would insist on Cato the Elder's use.  If it's good enough for
Lucretius, it's good enough for me! :)

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