A few days ago
alster_crowley

what`s the exact pronunciation for the plural words that end in -ae-?

for example faunae,vaginae

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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I pronounce it with a long “a”.

-MM

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A few days ago
picador
I can’t tell you. But I should think that if you use latinate plural endings, you should use latinate pronouniation for the whole word. In your second example, that would involve a hard “g”. Why bother?
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A few days ago
The Corinthian
-ae- sounds like “ee”

check links – if you cliclk on the red ‘speaker’ by the word, it will let you hear the way the word is pronounced

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A few days ago
foofy
-ae- sounds like “eye”
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