Etcetera

[vida morkunas]

'exetera' or 'ek setera'

I usually pronounce the word as 'ek setera', and I cannot think of how to
pronounce it any other way.

Surely you don't mean 'exetera' as 'esk- etera' (cf your example with axe,
ask)?

Vida in Vancouver BC
vidamorkunas at telus.net



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Sent: July 30, 2003 7:59 AM
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Subject: Etcetera


Is the commonly-heard pronunciation of "etcetera" as "exetera" or "ek
setera" a regional or dialectal thing (like "axe" for "ask") or simply a
misapprehension of the letter order?  Could it be related to the Italian
/eccetera/?
A. Murie