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Dan Tompkins wrote:
> 
> 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


English has quite a few of these anomalies.  Consider the usual 
pronunciation of "Don Quixote" and of "quixotic".

Peter H. Ten Eyck

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