
Originally Posted by
OC Richard
Now that we know how to spell it, I'm wondering how it's pronounced. Just dawned on me that I've never heard anybody say it.
Does the first syllable rhyme with ice, kiss, eyes, or is? The second with coast or cost?
English is a funny language.
Take the word 'viscose'.
If you know Finnish you just have to think 'viscose' written 'viscous' and read it as if it was Finnish. That way you can pronounce 'viscose' correctly.
So, if I some day get mixed with those words, please be merciful to me...
(Or is it that Finnish is a funny language? Every letter has its own syllable and vice versa.)
If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
--- Ludwig Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951)
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