From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rocheste!FtG
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: weird
Article-I.D.: rocheste.1286
Posted: Wed Apr 20 07:38:20 1983
Received: Fri Apr 22 23:40:56 1983
References: micomvax.133

"ancient" has a syllable break between the i and the e? Boy, you must
get a lot of laughs when you talk about history.
For the record, my dictionary (Chamber's Etymological English Dist.)
gives the the pronunciation as an-shent (minus vowel marks).
				"Look before you leap"
				FtG