On 14/04/24 23:54, jerryfriedman wrote:
> Peter Moylan wrote:
>
>> On 14/04/24 05:06, Kyonshi wrote:
>>> On 2/21/2024 4:24 AM, HenHanna wrote:
>>>> HenHanna wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> (The Tyger by William Blake) -- Could someone point me towards an
>>>>>  [Authentic] pronunciation version (recording, commentary) which
>>>>> makes EYE rhyme with Symmetry?
>
>> "Eye" is one of those words whose pronunciation varied with dialect.
>> Etymonline tells me that there is still a modern dialect in which the
>> plural is "een". It's not too difficult to imagine the word being
>> pronounced "ee" at some place and time.
>
> The first word that Sir Partick read
> Sae loud, loud laucht he;
> The neist word that Sir Patrick read
> The tear blindit his ee.
>
> https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/sir-patrick-spens/
>
>
> STS warning:
>
> Her brow is like the snow-drift,
> Her throat is like the swan,
> Her face it is the fairest,
> That 'er the sun shone on.
> That 'er the sun shone on -
> And dark blue is her e'e,
> And for bonnie Annie Laurie
> I'd lay me down and dee.
>
> Though a Scots pronunciation doesn't tell you anything about Shakespeare.

Thank you. It doesn't, but at least it shows that the pronunciation exists.

I have a great-great-aunt called Annie Laurie.

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Peter Moylan                         http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW