Technically....

Posted by Chris H. on March 03, 2002 at 13:03:44:

In Reply to: Pronunciation posted by Dan on March 03, 2002 at 04:46:35:

because it is latin, it should be pronounce

ee - lah - feh

But most people (myself included) pronounce it

ee - lay - fee

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