Just been having another conversation with someone which got hopelessly confused because he read 'ay' as sounding like 'eye' when I meant 'sounds like the ay in day'.
So. I'd say it with a short A, and the emphasis on the second syllable. The American said it with a long A, and the emphasis on the first syllable.
It was mostly the emphasis change which threw me. I'm prepared to believe my pronunciation is wrong.
Help, verlaine rescue us and tell us how to say it!
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Date: 2003-07-15 04:36 am (UTC)So. I'd say it with a short A, and the emphasis on the second syllable.
The American said it with a long A, and the emphasis on the first syllable.
It was mostly the emphasis change which threw me. I'm prepared to believe my pronunciation is wrong.
Help,