Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 11:31:15 -0600

From: Bruce Gelder bgelder[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CAMEL.SIM.ES.COM

Subject: albeit



This thread on "albeit" makes me wonder whether the [bayt] pronunciation

is patterned after the German "arbeit" (as in arbeit macht frie `work

makes free' [my apologies if I've spelled any of the German words wrong--

I don't profess to know German]). With the spellings and pronunciation

being so similar, it makes me wonder whether the person pronouncing it

that way had some knowledge of German.



Does anyone happen to know?



-Bruce