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post #16 of 18
7/19/04 at 11:11pm
Well guys, tinnitus is a Latin word, and this is the way the great orator Cicero would have pronounced it: "tin-nee-tus". The other form "tin-nye-tus" is a later anglicised adaptation, which I assume to be okay, however not genuine.

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Alex
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post #17 of 18
11/23/10 at 8:01am

The Old English Dictionary, which is renowned for delving into the history of words, describes the first usage from old German as tin-night’-us. 

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post #18 of 18
11/23/10 at 9:18am

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