How do you say ’Pliny’?

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Message ajm beers 1073 º places 202 º 21:06 Wed 7/29/2009 Was pointed out to me at a party last week that the men the beers are named after are known as ’Pliny’ to historians (with the short ’I’ as in ’sit’). My friends and I have always said ’Pliny’ with the long I of ’kite’. What say you?
Message Cletus beers 6349 º places 233 º 21:09 Wed 7/29/2009 Short i like sit. Not long i.
Message HogTownHarry beers 9241 º places 28 º 21:16 Wed 7/29/2009 rhymes with "awesome" I don’t know why I said that ...
Message IrishBoy P beers 4707 º places 141 º 21:17 Wed 7/29/2009 Most everyone out here uses the long I, but the short I was correct if I remember pronunciation from my collage Philosophy class!

Message BMan1113VR P beers 7929 º places 423 º 21:22 Wed 7/29/2009 The actual Elder/Younger have one pronunciation, and the people at russian river use the other pronunciation for the beer...I am not sure which is which though...
Message whaleman beers 2178 º places 25 º 21:24 Wed 7/29/2009 Interesting: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?bixpli01.wav=Pliny
Message Cavie P beers 6846 º places 80 º 21:25 Wed 7/29/2009 If you use the short i you have to continue speaking with a British accent.
Message DaSilky1 beers 2607 º places 66 º 21:31 Wed 7/29/2009 Its ply knee...iu’ve been drinking this beer before you even knew what ratebeer was...and it ain’t even that good to boot.

Message gkost beers 1069 º places 32 º 21:33 Wed 7/29/2009 Vinnie says "PLY-KNEE" ... good enough for me.
Message kenb beers 1102 º places 4 º 21:53 Wed 7/29/2009 The beer pronunciation is incorrect as far as the historical Pliny..which was with a short i..as in mini...
Message ditmier beers 1508 º 21:56 Wed 7/29/2009 I called it Ply-nee untill I was corrected with Pleh-nee, so I don’t know and have nothing to add other than I’m impressionable...