Re: Sanskrit pronounciation sources


Ruud Harmsen wrote:
31 Jul 2006 15:29:02 -0700: "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:


Ruud Harmsen wrote:
31 Jul 2006 04:31:26 -0700: "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

Bad new ones do. Better ones, like _old_ copies of Encyclopedia
Brittanica, provide overview AND details. Wikipedia does too.

If you knew how to pronounce "Britannica,"

Analogous to Britannic?
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=Britannic.

you'd have a hard time misspelling it.

The spelling is irregular, considering the single t.

Do you suggest that the name of the island it's a latinization of be
changed to <Brittain>?

I won't reply, this is getting silly. Please find someone else to
discuss this topic.

Have you met Ross Clark?

Thank you for conceding you were mistaken.

.

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