YAEPT: L[a]unt?
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 16:10 |
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There's a story on the BBC site about a village named "Lunt" that is
considering a name change due to vandals who mark up signs to change
the L to a C.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7338151.stm
Roight. Very funny, ha ha ha. But my question relates to this line:
"One suggestion is to change it to Launt which would be pronounced the same. "
It would? Really? And how is that, exactly?
I would pronounce "Lunt" as /lVnt/, /lUnt/, or /lunt/. I'd pronounce
"Launt" as /lOnt/ or /launt/. I can't come up with any pronunciation
that makes sense for both spellings...
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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