I was re-listening to the two excellent interviews with Ken Barnes on the Pipes Magazine podcast and noted that Ken pronounces 'Sasieni' as 'Sah-seeny.' Somehow the correct pronunciation sailed past my impenetrable ignorance until now. I wonder how many of you kindly folks out there joined me in saying 'Sah-see-enny.' I'm going to try it like Ken from now on.
Sidenote: Ken also keeps saying 'Chair-atan' and Brian persists in pronouncing it like the hotel chain. Sometimes, I guess, it takes us a while to hear things right.
Thirdnote: I went down a true internet rabbit-hole about how to pronounce 'Latakia' a few months ago and came to the somewhat gratifying conclusion that there's no right way: Unless you speak the particular dialect of that region of Syria, it's a safe bet you're saying it wrong. Though apparently 'Lat-uh-KEE-uh' is a hell of a lot closer than the BBC's official 'Luh-TAK-ee-uh.'
Sidenote: Ken also keeps saying 'Chair-atan' and Brian persists in pronouncing it like the hotel chain. Sometimes, I guess, it takes us a while to hear things right.
Thirdnote: I went down a true internet rabbit-hole about how to pronounce 'Latakia' a few months ago and came to the somewhat gratifying conclusion that there's no right way: Unless you speak the particular dialect of that region of Syria, it's a safe bet you're saying it wrong. Though apparently 'Lat-uh-KEE-uh' is a hell of a lot closer than the BBC's official 'Luh-TAK-ee-uh.'