Antony Stone said on Fri, 30 Jul 2021 23:14:36 +0200 >On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:50:22, Antony Stone wrote: > >> On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:30:34, Rowland Penny via Dng wrote: >> > On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 22:18 +0200, Antony Stone wrote: >> > > On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:04:28, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 07:13:43PM +0100, Rowland Penny wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > We also have a habit of having letters in words that we do >> > > > > not pronounce, 'pterosaur' for instance :-) >> > > > >> > > > But it's *fun* pronouncing both the p and the t. >> > > >> > > Who in their right mind would pronounce the 't' in that :) ? >> > >> > Just about everyone in England, it is the 'p' that you do not >> > pronounce. Unless you are actually referring to the 'that' on the >> > end of your sentence, in which case 'ha' :-D >> >> I suspect I under-emphasised the smiley in my sentence :( >> >> > > German pronounces all the letters in a word, in as consistent a >> > > way as possible. >> > >> > They would. >> >> At least it's easy to learn how to say German words, and how to know >> which word a German has just said. >> >> > > French pronounces as few of the letters in a word as it can get >> > > away with. >> > >> > Terrible language, we stole the best parts of their language. >> >> Yes, mostly from the original Latin... >> >> > > English pronounces most, but not all, of the letters in a word, >> > > in as many different ways as possible. >> > >> > How about the name 'Cholmondeley ' which is pronounced 'Chumley' >> >> Agreed. >> >> St. John = Sinjun >> Featherstonehaugh = Fanshaw >> Gloucester = Gloster >> Worcester = Wooster > >Oops, I forgot: > >Southwark = Suthark >Mousehole = Mousal >Southwell = Suthell >Leicester = Lester >Cockburn = Coburn >Magdelen (college) = Mawdlin >etc... > >I also caused some confusion when asking for directions to >"Schenectady" in New York State, USA, some years ago. > >Antony.
I'm originally from Chicago in Illinois state, USA. On a job hunting safari in Los Angeles, CA, USA, I asked a receptionist over the phone whether their company was near sepul-vay-da street, with the accent on "vay". She laughed for 5 minutes. It's supposed to be pronounced se-pul-vuh-duh with the accent on "pul". It's spelled "Sepulveda". SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
