[Magdalen] prophecy/prophesy

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Ok, ok ... it's the long i in both of them... beginning/end metre
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Lynn 

On Jun 4, 2017, at 2:47 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>>> A parishioner of English origin pronounces Isaiah to rhyme with prophesy.<<<

Okay, I'm ignorant.

Just how in the hell can those words possibly be pronounced to rhyme?

I know of two pronunciations for Isaiah and one for prophesy.

Neither "eye-zay-uh" nor "eye-zeye[as in "eye"]-uh" remotely match up with "prah-fuh-seye[as in "eye"]".