> >I-ron is traditional and allows the singer to create an iron-like > >quality to the passage > >Not to mention the fact that..IRONY..or IRONIC are >pronounced eye.ron.ee and eye..ron..ick. In Oz anyway. :)
Ah yes, but iron and irony are not linguistically related, despite so many shared letters. Thus their pronunciations should not be expected to match. (Compare tot and total.) : )
Your nitpicky correspondent, Naomi
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