On 6/12/06 13:15, in article
ws.net, "Sue"
wrote:


"Des Higgins" wrote
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote Many people say TYnus which
is probably "wrong" and is a very Anglophone pronunciation;

Even with an Irish line of ancestry I stills say Ty-nus.
snip
How about lichen?
Some same litchen but I always found liken to be much more manly and
forceful; it is possible that both are wrong anyway.

This thread reminds me of an American woman discussing recipes, talking
about about adding some ahrEGG-ano. It took me a few seconds to realise
what she meant.

Correct though but with more of an 'o' sound at the start. My Italian
mother in law used to go mad at the way the English pronounce it OregAAAno
and say Pinokio and Michael Angelo. ;-)

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