On Feb 24, 2009, at 12:13, Susan Reishus wrote:
I queried about her/others belonging to Arachne and she was amused by
my pronunciation of it.
Good grief! And here I thought *I* was a pedant! If that group is
*that* "constipated" about pronounciation of "Arachne", they're gonna
be much worse about lace "rules". Run. You'll be *much better off*
teaching yourself, from books and, eventually, going to a workshop or
two, with a teacher who's more savvy about what's important and what
isn't.
I assume the two "a" are pronounced the same as those in the word
"arachnid" (which is provided via online dictionary to substantiate my
pronunciation)...
Can someone please clarify for me?
Bleh. Everyone pronounces it slightly differently, depending on how
(and where) they learnt. I learnt the word as a child in Poland, while
reading Greek mythology. So, for me, both "a"s are the same --
approximately like your "a" in "bad". And the "ch", in that particular
word, will never be a "k" sound (as in "school"), but something in
between "k" and "h" (as in "horn"). And anyone who challenged me on
that, would be asked "what makes you think it's an *English* name?"
Better off to find some good books on various lace techniques perhaps?
Much, much, better.
Yours, still shaking her head in amazement,
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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