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Article #5401Re: Timon of Athens
From: Michael L. Siemon
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 00:00
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In article <4vk34g$b67@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
Simon.Buck@Computing-Service.Cambridge.AC.UK wrote:
+Well, you don"t say how it `should' be pronounced: i assume something
+like /'zi:mOn/. Unfortunately, your esteemed ancestor chose a spelling
+which might reinforce the German pronunciation in the eyes of a German
+speaker, but only reinforces the English pronunciation for a naif
+English speaker!
But of course; that's my point. (Except that the "ie" in this case
tends more to confuse than to "reinforce" the naive English speaker.)
+But even in German, <Timon> rhymes with <Simon>.
Yeah -- but (thanks to the Great Vowel Shift) German Simon does
not rhyme with English Timon!
--
Michael L. Siemon mls@panix.com
"sempiternal, though sodden towards sundown."
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