Thread: Pronounciation of "syrup"
View Single Post
  #13  
Old 04-21-2005, 06:07 PM
KSig RC KSig RC is offline
GreekChat Member
  
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Who you calling "boy"? The name's Hand Banana . . .
Posts: 6,984
the y is not a 'hard' i, according to my OED - it's (si'r-ep, sūr-)

[i' is as in pit, ūr is as in urge]
Reply With Quote