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[amanuensis1]

I discovered something yesterday: I have never, ever had to spell amanuensis out loud for anyone. As in, never given anyone Amanuensis's email address or website address or lj name out loud. I tried to do it for the first time on a recording yesterday and completely blew it.

Comments

[mneomosyne.livejournal.com]

I say it with the west-flemish 'a' like in 'warm' (a low and round 'a') a-m-a-nue (like the fench pronounce 'naked') -en-sis I had no idea it meant something too. :) Good thing you posted this, I wish I could hear all the different pronounciations.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Yup, it means something! It was even dictionary.com's word of the day not long ago!