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Thread #144011   Message #3327503
Posted By: Joe Offer
23-Mar-12 - 01:54 AM
Thread Name: BS: How to pronounce this Latin phrase?
Subject: RE: BS: How to pronounce this Latin phrase?
Well, I've always heard it as De mortuis nihil nisi bonum

Day MORE-too-iss KNEE-hill KNEE-sea BOW-noom. (that's "bow" as in arrow)

"Nil" and "nihil" both mean "nothing," but "nihil" seems to be more common.

-Joe-