Dear Christine, Suan, John and friends,

thanks for the information. Please help me up on this: is "Wesak" the
Burmese variant of "Vesak", which is derived, to the extent of my
knowledge, from "vesakha". Thanks.

metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, christine_forsyth wrote:
Charles Duroisell says "v, not preceded by a consonant has the sound
of v, in vine, vile. But preceded by a consonant, it is sounded like
w in wind, win; tva, therefore, is pronounced twa." On balance, I
think pronouncing v as v is the safest way for a beginner.

> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, abhidhammika wrote:
> Myanmars pronounce "v" as "w" because Myanmar script "o" represents
both "v" for Pali and "w" for Burmese sounds, which do not include
the "v" sound.
>
> So when Myanmars, who do not check the Pali grammar texts, see the
Myanmar script "o" for "v" in Pali texts, they pronounce it as though
it were "w".