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Re: If you call me crazy again...

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 24, 2001, 19:33
In a message dated 7/24/01 12:08:44 PM, and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< Is it just me, or is H the stupidestly named character in the Alphabet?
(I'm
of course talking English terms here - for instance German /ha:/ or Swedish
/ho:/ are about as nice as one'd ask for.) How did you manage to end up with
/eitS/? >>

    The cop-out answer is that it came from French: /AS/ spelled "ache".  But
where did IT come from?

-David

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