[tied] Rum. sce/sci > $te/$ti [Re: -ishte, -eshte]

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Wordingham" <richard.wordingham@...>
> To: <cybalist@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 10:35 PM
> Subject: [tied] Rum. sce/sci > $te/$ti [Re: -ishte, -eshte]
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> > --- In cybalist@..., alexmoeller@... wrote:
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> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "George" <gs001ns@...>
> > > To: <cybalist@...>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 12:01 PM
> > > Subject: [tied] Rum. sce/sci > $te/$ti
> [Re: -ishte, -eshte]

> > > [Moeller] wie bitte? What about sceptru, sceptic,
> discerne,
> > > disciplina, scindare,?Common George, please.
> >
> > Alex, could you please let non-Romanians in on the
> conversation. I
> > cannot work out from what you are saying whether <sceptru>
> is
> > pronounced
> >
> > /Skeptru/, /Steptru/, /StSeptru/, /stSeptru/ or indeed some
> other
> > way.
> >
> > Richard.
>
> [Moeller]
> "ce" in romanian is pronounced as "czech" from
> Czech -Republic. or like in italian "certo"
> "ci" is pronounced as "child"

No, as "chi" in "children". English "child" has the same vowel
as "mine"!

> "chi" is pronounced as Kim in Kimberly
> "che" is pronounced as "ke" in Kevin

But how is "sce" in Romanian "sceptru" pronounced?

Richard.