At 21:11 -0500 2002-01-23, Patrick Andries wrote: >"In the first edition of this dictionary it was said that in many >compounds whose second element begins with h the h is silent unless >the accent falls on the syllable that it begins; thus philhellenic >and philharmonic should not sound the h; in nihilism also it should >be silent. Here too the speak-as-you-spell movement has been at >work, and though the COD [Concise Oxford Dictionary] does not favour >the pronunciation of the h in these words,
Not so, at least not in the ninth edition, 1998. >it is in fact often heard I wouldn't say I'd ever heard these words without the h. -- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com
