Since when is English a regular language?? Its silliness is why I enjoy Spanish so much! (Ever notice there are no Spanish spelling bees? No need, Spanish is spelled as it is pronounced.) "Tinnitus" is one of those words which does not follow the rules, except the medical one, which I mentioned earlier. Marshalee
> Being married for 54 years to a Primary,Intermediate,and Secondary teacher > [of course now retired},with great success in teaching ,says that ,following > the rules of phonics,the word Tinnitus should be pronounced "Tin - eye - > tuss".The reason , if there is a vowel after a consonant, ie,"T", then the > "I" says its name, sounding like "Eye" > Hope that clears it up some, > Harold > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date: 5/13/03 > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
