on 17/9/01 15:42, Tom Baker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Cav'-EE-at, with accent on the first syllablem, as in "Cadillac." Both a's
> are short, as in "packrat." Sort of rhymes with "copycat."
>
> Latin for "Let him beware."
>
> Get a copy of Microsoft's Bookshelf CD, which has a dictionary, thesaurus,
> etc. and it will pronounce words like that for you.
You can get pronunciations on-line at <http://www.bartleby.com/61>. User
beware: the pronunciation is American English. e.g. cave-ee-at as opposed to
kah-v�-aht
Can someone remind me if the US pronunciation of lieutenant is loo-tenant
and that of Canadian's lef-tenant or is it vice versa?
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