Comments on: Vice versa http://dan.hersam.com/2006/10/17/vice-versa/ A computer programmer's commentary on news, Linux, programming, music, web design, trivia, humor, usability and whatever else strikes his fancy at the time. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2006/10/17/vice-versa/#comment-28675 dan Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:41:52 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/archives/2006/10/17/vice-versa#comment-28675 The pronunciation of route actually makes sense as rowt, even though I used to pronounce it as root, so I've switched. The pronunciation of route actually makes sense as rowt, even though I used to pronounce it as root, so I’ve switched.

]]> By: DaveH http://dan.hersam.com/2006/10/17/vice-versa/#comment-28665 DaveH Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:59:22 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/archives/2006/10/17/vice-versa#comment-28665 The four-syllable pronunciation seems to me like one of those popular mispronuciations that becomes accepted by sheer volume of usage, not for any linguistic reason (although I don't know about its original Latin roots). My guess is that people just like the sing-songy-ness of vi-suh ver-suh, and so it gets used and passed along to others, and then someone puts it in a dictionary or something, but to take the words at their face value, how many of us pronounce "vice" as vi-suh? I think I've honestly never considered this a pronunciation quandry, and maybe heard people use it, but assumed they were just being silly. But some pronunciation questions endure: ahnt/ant as you mentioned, and I took ribbing in Utah for root/rowt (like Route 66). The four-syllable pronunciation seems to me like one of those popular mispronuciations that becomes accepted by sheer volume of usage, not for any linguistic reason (although I don’t know about its original Latin roots). My guess is that people just like the sing-songy-ness of vi-suh ver-suh, and so it gets used and passed along to others, and then someone puts it in a dictionary or something, but to take the words at their face value, how many of us pronounce “vice” as vi-suh?

I think I’ve honestly never considered this a pronunciation quandry, and maybe heard people use it, but assumed they were just being silly. But some pronunciation questions endure: ahnt/ant as you mentioned, and I took ribbing in Utah for root/rowt (like Route 66).

]]> By: Ryan Byrd http://dan.hersam.com/2006/10/17/vice-versa/#comment-28336 Ryan Byrd Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:42:02 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/archives/2006/10/17/vice-versa#comment-28336 Hey look! you're an English nerd too. that's cool. So cool that I just added you to my links page: http://www.ryanbyrd.net/mylinks.php Here are some of my English language posts: http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/?cat=5 Ryan Hey look! you’re an English nerd too. that’s cool. So cool that I just added you to my links page: http://www.ryanbyrd.net/mylinks.php

Here are some of my English language posts: http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/?cat=5

Ryan

]]> By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2006/10/17/vice-versa/#comment-28318 dan Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:22:08 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/archives/2006/10/17/vice-versa#comment-28318 Yeah, I thought about mentioning that it's similar to pronouncing croissant with the French accent or just saying crescent. Yeah, I thought about mentioning that it’s similar to pronouncing croissant with the French accent or just saying crescent.

]]> By: Cameron http://dan.hersam.com/2006/10/17/vice-versa/#comment-28314 Cameron Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:14:10 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/archives/2006/10/17/vice-versa#comment-28314 I'm guessing part of the problem comes from pronouncing it in a non-latin language (English). Take Spanish and it would be naturally pronounced (vee-say vair-sah) and French (I think - I'm not a French speaker) would be more of a (vee-suh vair-sah). Either way, it's closer. I’m guessing part of the problem comes from pronouncing it in a non-latin language (English). Take Spanish and it would be naturally pronounced (vee-say vair-sah) and French (I think - I’m not a French speaker) would be more of a (vee-suh vair-sah). Either way, it’s closer.

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