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Poll: How do you pronounce Spie?
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Before anyone else spends ages deliberating over this:
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Spie may well pronounce it Spy and as it his forum-name he would be correct in doing so.
However, in English, Spie would (if it was a real word following common European linguistics) probably derive from either Dutch or German with further etymology from Latin or one of the Medieval Romance Languages and in this case, (if it was a real word bound by common linguistic rules, especially given the Open Syllable in Dutch) it would be pronounced as in Key....thus Spee. You can see this with surnames such as Spiers (as in Spears)....although because English is a one for the exception to the rule, if you were from the Midlands you would probably pronounce it Spy.....(Spiers/Spears as Spyers) and so on.....(in my head it is Spee though)
So if Maccy says that Spie pronounces it Spy then that is perfectly correct, however a case could be made for Spee.....
The only one who can really clear it up is Spie himself.....
However, in English, Spie would (if it was a real word following common European linguistics) probably derive from either Dutch or German with further etymology from Latin or one of the Medieval Romance Languages and in this case, (if it was a real word bound by common linguistic rules, especially given the Open Syllable in Dutch) it would be pronounced as in Key....thus Spee. You can see this with surnames such as Spiers (as in Spears)....although because English is a one for the exception to the rule, if you were from the Midlands you would probably pronounce it Spy.....(Spiers/Spears as Spyers) and so on.....(in my head it is Spee though)
So if Maccy says that Spie pronounces it Spy then that is perfectly correct, however a case could be made for Spee.....
The only one who can really clear it up is Spie himself.....
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Crap, I was of the spee persuasion until this thread. It's like 5UB, I never got a straight answer if it was sub or five you bee
Edit: I was, of course, basing my assumption on the dutch derivation castiel just mentioned
Edit: I was, of course, basing my assumption on the dutch derivation castiel just mentioned
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I assumed the same.
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Which he has already done. Though I agree with your language wiki-paste assessment.
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It is actually an acronym S.P.I.E. but I can't reveal what it stands for because he will have to ban himself.
Think along the lines of W.A.S.P.
Think along the lines of W.A.S.P.
There's a wiki page on how to pronounce Spie????
I would have linked that if I had known and saved myself the hassle....
EDIT: found one on the pronunciation of Spiers......
http://www.spiers.net/origin.htm
Lol another source for Spie[rs] says it is pronounced Spay[ers]....
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Do you pronounce Brie as BRY too?
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To be fair that is a French word, i don't think you can really use it as an example in this case