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31st Aug 2005, 16:03

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If you do not read phonetics, the Xi is pronounced as a "shee" as in the word "banshee" of the NAM Indian variety. To a trained ear it has a bit more aspiration, but it is close. The following "a" is long as in "are". Men are men the world over...