To: M.K. Borders
I'm not sure, but I think it's pronounced as an unvoiced sibilant - i.e. "S".
Lamh Foistenach Abu!10 posted on
12/28/2008 7:30:57 PM PST by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
But a modern Italian would say “Sheep-ee-oh.” It’s not at all clear where or when Vulgar pronunciation triumphed over the Classical.
12 posted on
12/28/2008 7:32:33 PM PST by
Philo-Junius
(One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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