The palatal sham :) (Re: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony Appleyard"
<a.appleyard@...> wrote:

>
> P.S. Among you, in the name "Vedic", how many of you say "Veedic",

I pronounce it [vEdIk] or [vEDIk].

> and how many pronounce the "e" Sanskrit fashion as in "vague"?

Sanskrit fashion would require pronouncing it like
the Spanish "e" or the Italian close "e". The sound
in "vague" is a diphthong.

David