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Subject: pronouncing Ovid
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 99 04:55:25 -0500
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From: Dan Tompkins <dtompkin@thunder.ocis.temple.edu>
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I'm curious:  when folks pronounce the name of the Roman poet, do they 
generally say AH-vid?

But then, when you use his name in an adjective, are you inclined to say 
OH-vidian?

Dan Tompkins
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