Dear David, Vowel-consonant-vowel, first vowel long, works with any second vowel. As with hop-hope, not-note, medium, consonant, accommodate, etc. Frequently an 'e' but not always. It is the explanation for many double consonants. And, it doesn't always work, if I work with American pronunciations. (just look at that last word, works for everything except the 'u'.) The second 'i' makes the 'c' soft. If you want a hard 'c' you have to use 'a', 'o' or 'u.' See, e.g., "courageous." Lyn in Lancaster, PA, US
David in Ballerat wrote: >>Dear Lyn,, >Based on what you just wrote I would be pronouncing it 'LARK-iss". >There is no way it could be "lay" as there is no "magic e" following the "c" >David in Ballarat, AUS > Lyn wrote: I must remind you that when the sequence is vowel-consonant-vowel, >> the first vowel is a long vowel. As in the word, "lace." Thus my >> vote is for Margery's pronunciation. lay'-sis >>Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
