Re: CHAT: Hymn to Ikea (was: Re: Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 26, 2004, 12:54 |
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 11:53:03AM +0100, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> (What's the deal with the name of the letter 'k', BTW; in school we were
> taught [ki:], but everyone and their great aunt's poodle seems to be saying
> [kej]?)
The English name of the letter has always been [kej]. This name is
Great-Vowel-Shifted directly from the name it had all the way back in
Roman times, [ka], breaking the usual pattern of using [e] in order to
distinguish it from [ke] = C.
-Mark