Re: YAEPT: L[a]unt?

On 9.4.2008 Mark J. Reed wrote:
> 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...
Agreed. _Lont_ might have been /lVnt/, but not _Launt_.

I think they should live with the $Lunt =~ s/L/C/ and
laugh at it. After all we live in the 21st century!

Near me there is a polytechnic university which used to
get its _högskola_ 'kind of univerity' changed to
_bögskola_ "gayschool".  IMHO you do exactly what the
vandals want when you worry about such things.



/BP 8^)>
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