A Fistful of Alabandical

[lindafowens]

I used to pronounce it "homo-nucleus" for some reason, such as coming across
the word in junior high and not being thorough in noticing it, but my way
sorta fits, no?  linda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jean-Joseph Cote" <jjcote at juno.com>
To: <fictionary at plover.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: A Fistful of Alabandical


> > [Ed: Really? I've heard "homonculus" most often
> > pronounced with a silent "h".]
>
> Well, hard to say.  The Oxford Concise (which is what I have handy) shows
> a pronounced 'h', and ditto for the various definitions at
> dictionary.com, but then again, they all spell it "homunculus".  So I
> have no idea how to pronounce "homonculus", which I think is some kind of
> an alabaster decoy.
>
> Jean-Joseph
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