Heard on NOVA:

[Laurence Horn]

On Jul 28, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Jocelyn Limpert
> <jocelyn.limpert at gmail.com> quoted:
>> The pronunciation that I was specifically taught to use ca. 1945 - as
>> opposed to the "spelling-pronunciation," [arktIk] - still lives.
>
> Whoa! Is *my* face red! That poorly-constructed sentence should read:
>
> "_That_ pronunciation, _[ar.tIk]_, that I was specifically taught to
> use ca. 1945 - as opposed to the 'spelling-pronunciation,'
> [arktIk]..."
>
> And by _.t_, I mean that the /t/ was given an slight,
> syllable-initial-style (slight) aspiration.
>
Yup, you just need to arcticulate clearly.  ;-)

LH

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