On Saturday 02 April 2005 02:17, Kazunari Hirano wrote: > Hi, > > How do you pronounce "virus" in your language? > In English it should be pronounced like "via-russ", right?
no, in US English at least, virus rhymes with "eye bus", "why us", "like us", "ficus" (the tree), "high fuss", and "night lust." Heh. > Japanese imported the word from Germany. > Japanese doesn't have the sound "vi". > Then "virus" sounds like "wills (the last "s" is voiceless)" in > Japanese. > > :) > > Thanks, > khirano
