And the famous pub in England, the Elephant and Castle, was probably an oral corruption of Infanta de Castille. But being here in the vicinity of NYC I seldom "aks's" a question, and I'm not a "nucular scientist", nor "an historian". Our English is replete with both borrowings and regional sounds, and we have been able to efficiently corrupt them all over the centuries. But that is the magic of the language, the vernacular is king.
Jon Murphy (formerly Mercou before a corrupted transliteration). `
