Re: Tho (was: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences))

Robert Hailman wrote:
>Andreas Johansson wrote:
> >
> > Carlos Thompson
> > >
> > >I mentally pronounce /afajk/, /i:r\k/, /ajmo/, /ajmho/, /lQl/, /rofl=/,
> > >/&sap/, etc. (this last: /et'tsetera/) unstressed vowels are slightly
> > >schawed.
> >
> > The last I pronounce /ets/ unless I'm really formal ...
>
>Ook. I pronounce it /et'ketera/ under the influence of one of my
>friends, who insists on the "proper" Latin pronounciation.
>
>Other than that, I don't really mentally pronounce any of them - when
>I'm reading, I don't associate them with any sound value. That's why I
>never use them in conversation, I guess.
I regularly use /ets/ in conversation ...

                                                        Andreas
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