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Vice
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 12:35 pm
by LukeJavan8
Curious about the term 'vice' as used in
vice-president or vice-admiral.
Re: Vice
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 2:19 pm
by Slava
Interesting word. 4 actually, though one of them I would call a misspelling of vise. I'd completely forgotten about the 2-syllable pronunciation, too. The other two have different roots.
Re: Vice
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 2:09 pm
by Perry Lassiter
The self is famous for two syllable pronunciations, making one vowel into a diphthong. But for the life of me, I don't remember ever hearing vice or vise pronounced with two syllables.
Re: Vice
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 2:11 pm
by Perry Lassiter
Not self, South.
Re: Vice
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 2:21 pm
by Slava
Or, vice versa, perhaps you have?