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gapan
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by gapan » 10. May 2011, 22:30
thenktor wrote: In "machen" the a is shorter, in "aber" it's longer than in Salix
Amare is a good example, but that's latin, too
Actually I think the 'a' in 'latin' is a good example
mimosa
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by mimosa » 10. May 2011, 22:42
gapan
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by gapan » 10. May 2011, 22:43
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by mimosa » 10. May 2011, 22:49
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by Valiant » 11. May 2011, 00:13
Ah well - that seems to have cleared that up then!
Thank you all for such comprehensive counsel on this matter. They say that if you don't understand something all you need to do is ask ........
Cheers J.J.
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laprjns
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by laprjns » 11. May 2011, 00:39
This is how i pronounce it:
BTW - while going through this useless exercise i discovered that the 13.37 i486 repo is missing the deps file for espeak
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by mimosa » 11. May 2011, 01:24
JRD
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by JRD » 12. May 2011, 09:33
I never thought of it before. I prononce it with a "A" like in "salt". Maybe just because I'm French. I think I pronounce it in the same way even when I speak in English.
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by pwatk » 25. May 2011, 00:09
Well I've always pronounced it with a short 'a' (sa-lix) but after reading this I think I'll just keep my mouth shut and write it down from now on