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

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.

--
Robert