Re: Austen Tatius

From: Gerald Bosch <gbosch_at_...>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:12:41 -0400


With US regional dialects alone, this would leave us with at least three possible pronunciations.

Gerald

mrmob_at_... wrote:

>
> > It could be fun to come up with a breakdown of
> > how various Gloranthans would
> > pronounce the name. I'd bet a Lankhor Mhy
> > scribe would say "TAY-shus", the
> > way grand old Englishmen of a certain era
> > said "Pliny" and "Livy" and
> > "Cymbeline" and the like.
>
> As he always was a bit of a show-off (even the manner of his demise),
> it is my guess is that Tatius's first name is "Austen", and therefore
> from that we can derive how to correctly pronounce his last name.
>
> Cheers,
>
> MOB
>
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