(December 18, 2023 at 9:50 am)Ahriman Wrote:(December 18, 2023 at 5:28 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The number of tourists we get who pronounce it 'may-OR-ee' is stunning. Hurts my ears every time I hear it.
Boru
That's how I pronounce it. What's the proper way?
MAU - ri (ever so slight trill on the ‘r’).
That’s what the macron is for, dolt.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson