But no, it's suh-TAY-i-tee. Which I think is dumb-sounding. But whatever.

I literally learned the correct pronunciation from the Simpsons. No, really. Homer ordered a subliminal weight-loss tape, but they sent him an increase-your-vocabulary tape instead. And one of the words he used was "satiety."

Thanks, Simpsons!

I think I would probably avoid satiety in favor of changing my sentence around to not pronounce it! Then again, I have to fudge the pronunciation of lots of medical words--sometimes no one really knows how these drugs are supposed to be pronounced anyway!

sometimes no one really knows how these drugs are supposed to be pronounced anyway!

Fluoroquinolone! t edit P-C once wrote me a haiku with the word "fluoroquinolone" when I contributed to his 826 Valencia spelling bee. It was a good haiku.

What other pronunciations are there for "ancient"? AYN-chint.

Ank, like ankle, shent.

There were times, basically whenever he said it, that I thought it might be a legitimate reason to break up with my ex. But then I heard it elsewhere.

Tim pronounces "known" as 2 definite syllables: "know-uhn." It still throws me every time. And sometimes I catch myself doing it.

And don't the Brits say AYN-see-ent? Don't know if that counts, though, there's a lot of differences between USian English and British English.

Ank, like ankle, shent.

That's a new one.

According to Dictionary.com and the MacMillan Contemporary Dictionary on my desk, your ex (and whoever else) are wrong. You're right. Ank? You're SOOOO right.

Ank, like ankle, shent.

Whuh?

I've never heard anyone say it that way. Not even in ain-she-ent times.

AYN-see-ent?

Heh. My people are from the Isles. Problee where I got it.

And don't the Brits say AYN-see-ent?

This I could let pass. I speak some Spanish, so I can see this pronunciation making sense. But "K"? Nope, Cass is right, he was wrong. Nuh-uh.