Pron. of "pathos"

[Wilson Gray]

Perhaps he was attempting to impress by giving the word a more
native-Greek-like coloring, except that the "o" is omicron and not
omega, hence not like the "o" in "both."

-Wilson

On 8/13/07, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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> Alan Cheuse (sp?), occasional contributor of book  commentary  on All
> Things Considered,  pronounced "pathos" with the first vowel as /o/ in
> /hot/  & the second  as /o/ in /both/.   Is this completely idiosyncratic?
> I'm sure I've never heard it before.  I wonder if "bathos" would get the
> same treatment?
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