Neil Hodgson wrote: > Piotr Fusik: > > >>"i" like in "ski"/"lee" or "sky"/"lite" ? > > > Sky. > > >>Do you pronounce the trailing "e" ? > > > No. > > Given the dual etymology from the history page '''Latin meaning > something like "understanding in a neat way" and is also an Old > English version of the word "shit" ''' and this set of recordings from > Beowulf and some Latin poetry: > > http://www.engl.virginia.edu/OE/Beowulf.Readings/Prologue.html > http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=ancienthistory&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fas.harvard.edu%2F%7Eclassics%2Fpoetry_and_prose%2Fpoetry.html > > Reconstructing from syllables in the recordings produces for the > Old English scite something like 'shitay" with a short 'i' like 'hill' > and a final 'e' or short 'ay' sound. The Latin is something like > 'skeetay'. > > So we could just encourage diversity and experimentation with > pronunciation. >
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