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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

y followed by n

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00Have a question regarding the pronouciation of y + n in a word. For instance, how would you pronouce the word "nyndas". Does it sound like an open i, as in "my", or like a flat i, as in "lyrics"?02br
00Hope you understand what I mean... 05002br
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0nyndas isn't a word in English. 02br 02br 00But if it were, I'd say "nin-duss" with nin rhyming with fin. 0-

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  • 0nyndas isn't a word in English.
  • 02br 02br 00But if it were, I'd say "nin-duss" with nin rhyming with fin.
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0nyndas isn't a word in English. 02br
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00But if it were, I'd say "nin-duss" with nin rhyming with fin. Someone else, though, might think it was nine-duss.02br
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00Nyquil is a brand name for medicine, and it's said "nigh-quill" but the reference is to getting a good 01i00night02i00 of sleep.0-
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0It's not a common combination in English anyway so I wouldn't worry about it too much. I tried googling for uses of 'yn' and the first 40 results were all in the Welsh language rather than English, apart from a couple of uses of the initials YN.02br
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00The only example I can think of is the name Lynne. This is pronounced with to rhyme with 'fin'. (Lin)0-
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0Ooh Ooh! I got one: Syntax! Also pronouned like it rhymes with fin.0-
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0lynx02br
00cynic02br
00syndrome02br
00gynaecologist02br
00dynamic 02br
00(as for pronunciation the last two are different, arent' they?)02br
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00I bet there are many more 05002br
00for instance, all those which begin with syn-... (prefix)010id1
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0 I see...02br
00Thank you very much for all your answers. 0-
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