tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160938566652558951.post478084703606621880..comments2022-04-11T23:03:02.861+01:00Comments on All True: Say It Right - A Pronunciation GuideAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208110942316974022noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160938566652558951.post-77103160025286915922013-07-12T20:42:52.387+01:002013-07-12T20:42:52.387+01:00Espresso is an Italian invention, so it is more se...Espresso is an Italian invention, so it is more sensible to use the Italian term for it that came to us along with the drink itself,rather than manufacture a new term based on etymology from before the product was invented.<br /><br />Arctic originally had the c, lost it, then got it back:<br /><br />Arctic (adj.) Look up Arctic at Dictionary.com<br />late 14c., artik, from Old French artique, from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Greek arktikos "of the north," literally "of the (constellation) Bear," from arktos "bear; Ursa Major; the region of the north," Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13208110942316974022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160938566652558951.post-91960353651262997022013-07-12T19:19:50.767+01:002013-07-12T19:19:50.767+01:00Being pedantic about "espresso" is misgu...Being pedantic about "espresso" is misguided. The Latin original of this word was spelled with an "x", and both the French and Spanish terms are, logically enough, "expresso". It comes from the same source as the English word "express". We made a weird mistake in adopting the cumbersome Italian term, which substituted an "s" because that crazy language doesn't have the letter "x" in it.<br /><br />"Arctic" should really have a silent first "c". It was spelled and pronounced that way for centuries. Then the "c" was added to make it more Latin or Greek-like. The intent was for the added "c" to be silent, just like the added "b" to "debt". Then people started (awkwardly) pronouncing the first "c" because it was in the spelling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160938566652558951.post-69752638460314352552009-10-03T11:44:43.998+01:002009-10-03T11:44:43.998+01:00Great post.
I shall keep these in mind as I admi...Great post. <br /><br />I shall keep these in mind as I admit I get most wrong.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11802294263917249065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160938566652558951.post-51480457208079565582009-10-02T21:22:42.539+01:002009-10-02T21:22:42.539+01:00oh wow! haha most of those errors are ones that do...oh wow! haha most of those errors are ones that don't make but i hear other people say them all the time! especially axe instead of ask. i have a friend who simply can't say it the right way. in fact, no one in her family can either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com