Kurrikulum VeeTie

[Stinky The Clown]

What a fucking idiot. In his 'press conference' (live now on Cspan2) idiot son is talking about supremes. He sez he's reviewing 'Kurrikulum VeeTie'

Can this man say **anything** correctly. What a fucking embarassment.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. How is it supposed to be pronounced? (M-w.com is not

cooperating with my speakers.)

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Vee' tay

vitae = vee'-tay

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Thought so.

[uppityperson]

6. got it, couldn't understand him.

better than vita like vitamin

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. How 'bout

rez-u-may.

[uppityperson]

2. what?

curriculum what?

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Funnicula Tie-dye

[lady lib]

8. And the apple doesn't fall far from the tree...

Ahem...in a highly amusing anecdote told by Mrs. Bush, daughter Jenna is reported to have pronounced Sioux City as "sigh-ox."

/end sarcasm

[CoffeeCat]

9. Did Junior really say Vee Tie???? No seriously. (nt)

[Igel]

10. Yeah, I've heard mostly

'vee-tay'. I think of that pronunciation as purely English-language.

I've heard a bit of 'vee-tie', mostly from people with a different style of pronunciation in their Latin and who treat it like Latin. I think of it as a tip of the hat to classical pronunciation norms, or reflecting a Church Latin norm.

I'm likely to say 'vee-tay' in English, but go for a more purist pronunciation in jest, or around classicists ("wee-tie", no off-glide on the second /k/ in 'curriculum', trill the /r:/).

And 'vita' "life" is a synonym for 'c.v.' 'course of life, life's path': vitae is genitive singular, vita is nominative singular. Can't say 'curriculum vita', but stand-alone 'vita' is fine.

[darkism]

11. I would say it "vee-tie" thanks to highschool Latin

But to be correct classical Latin it would have to be wee-tie.

[MsTryska]

14. holy crap...what are you saying?

the ivy league education is showing?

[YDogg]

12. I though the was trying to indicate a plural ...

... but he sounded so darned proud to have said it, I could just see his head bouncing up and down as the words slowly and exaggeratingly left his mouth.

[maxsolomon]

13. shucks, that's just plural

you gots your rinoceros, and your rinoceri. you gots your curriculum vee-tay, and your vee-tie. he means he's lookin' multiple "folks" for the job.

you're just jealous of his plain spoken righteousness.

[MsTryska]

15. hippopotamus

hippopotami


penis...penii

(i might be wrong on that last one....)

[lady lib]

16. Just listened to Webster's online

Edit:
Singular 1st pronounciation = vE tI, wE tI
Singular 2nd or 3rd pronounciation = vI tE
Plural form = vE tI

Webster:
Main Entry: cur·ric·u·lum vi·tae
Pronunciation: k&-'ri-ky&-l&m-'vE-"tI, -k&-l&m-, -'wE-"tI, -'vI-"tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural cur·ric·u·la vitae /-l&-/
Etymology: Latin, course of (one's) life
: a short account of one's career and qualifications prepared typically by an applicant for a position