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- 19-May-2010, 19:35 #1
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BSAI Hi all (after months being off-forum),
BSAI: can you pronounce that acronym as one word, without clumsy struggle with your tongue?
Thanks in advance,
Nyggus
- 20-May-2010, 07:33 #2
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Re: BSAI How about BeeSigh?
Hi
- 24-May-2010, 18:04 #3
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Re: BSAI Why "-sigh", not "-say" ?
Originally Posted by Tdol 
How about BeeSigh?
Hi
- 25-May-2010, 09:45 #4
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PS I think I was trying to avoid people thinking of BSAY.
- 25-May-2010, 21:05 #5
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Teacher Re: BSAI Because in an international context, 'ai' is more likely to be pronounced '-igh'? Originally Posted by euncu
Consider that, even in English, we pronounce the following as '-igh':
Saigon, Cairo, Shanghai, Nairobi, Taipei ...
And "ei" is pronounced "-ay"
Beijing, Beirut, Taipei ...
