On 31 Aug 2008 08:34:45 -0400, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>Stephen <mcavoysAT@aoldotcom> wrote:
>> I'm not from MK either. ;) But I pronounce the wrongly-written "i" the same way
>> as I pronounce the first "i" but shorter, as in lit. Assuming, of course that
>> the "i" in lit is pronounced like "it".
>
>  That's not what I hear from the voice sample here:
>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equivalent
>

Yes, that is the Received Pronunciation if you take away the American accent :)
Having said all that, it does not excuse Andrew from bad spelling and laziness
in not spell checking. But it goes a fair way to his misunderstanding why you
asked what "equivilent" means. It probably read like the equivalent of an
allophone 

>  I don't remember ever hearing it pronounced otherwise...

Come to the UK, travel away from the "home counties" and I will be surprised if
you can still say that.

Who said that life would be easy? :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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