Amicicide

[Wilson Gray]

A-MY-sih-side?! No wonder that you hadn't thought of it, Doug! That
doesn't take into account Trisyllabic Shortening. IAC, FWIW, I vote
for a-MIH-sih-side. However, I'm not willing to give my life in
defense of it. I'm also down with AM-ih-sih-side.

This reminds of a discussion that I had with a friend as to whether
one should pronounce "miscegenation" as MIH-sih-jih-NAY-shun or as
mih-SEH-jih-NAY-shun: interesting, but nothing to lose sleep over.

-Wilson

On 9/27/05, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: Amicicide
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> >George Washington??  He died too long ago to have consulted with you,
> >don't you think?
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> Did Washington use this word? Maybe I missed a posting or something.
>
> However, I do find the word "amicicide" in MW2 (not in MW3 though).
>
> MW2 gives the pronunciation "a-MY-sih-side" ... which I hadn't thought of.
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> -- Doug Wilson
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-Wilson Gray