*ist pronounced i-s-t in french

[Andre Langevin]

In the last C d'I (some of you just stopped reading the post...) they 
report the *ist is being pronounced i-s-t.  I guess in french.  Will 
the anglo-saxons do the same once the camera in on the shelves and in 
the hands of many?  I-s-t a bit longer than ist, but it sounds better 
to my ear.

Andre
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