one of the biggest national newscasters in the US for a long time. He had a pronounced speech defect where he couldn't pronounce the letter L. It came out thru the back of the throat so it sounded a bit like a mix between a glottal stop and a Scottish ch. It's a relatively common defect (the late actor Peter Falk of Columbo fame had it too) but I don't know its technical name. Comedians here pounced on it all the time (on the Simpsons, the character Tom Brokejaw was the result). I was always dismayed that of all the thousands of broadcasters in the world to choose from to be one of the Big Three anchors, they would pick someone who needed a speech pathologist. Maybe the New Coke guys were the sponsors at the time. Graeme on December 7, 2011 2:40 pm 'Alternate pronunciations'? I think you'll find that should be 'Alternative'. Hanii Puppy on December 8, 2011 1:08 am If you're sticking with the greek thing, then: aegis -- Normally pronounced Ai-jis. If sticking to Greek, you should it should be ae-?ees. That's a diphthong sliding from "ah" to "eh", rather than just a flat vowel sound. The G should be pronounced as a Gamma, which sounds like a voiced version of the Ch sound found in Loch. The i should be pronounced as "ee" archipelago -- normally pronounced as spelled. If sticking to greek, then the ch sound wouldn't be a "k" sound, it would be