Katelyn wrote:
>"LAY-sis" appears to be how just about every English-speaker (UK or US) who
hasn't heard the term would guess to pronounce it. The pitfall here is that
the word is French in origin, so it's probably pronounced "lah-SI", as the
english "lacy," but the first vowel being more open, and stress on the
second syllable.

>Of course, there's always the chance that the word has been fully
Anglicized and is pronounced properly in English as "LAY-sis," as but it
seems an obscure enough word that lexicalization is unlikely...

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