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Re: USAGE: XH etc. (was: RE: RV: Old English)

From:Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...>
Date:Friday, March 31, 2000, 5:51
At 03:40 AM 3/31/2000 +0100, And wrote:
>"Xhosa" = /k@Us@/ and /h@Us@/ on BBC; I myself am unsure how to pronounce >it in either English or Xhosa - I've a vague idea it starts with some kind >of lateral click, but expect to be enlightened by responses to this >message. /'Env@ 'hQdZ@/ pretty universally in Britain; since that clearly >isn't a spelling pronunciation, it presumably must bear some resemblance >to the Albanian, much as does the English /'Imri NQdZ/ (though other >Nagys get called /'nA:gi/).
What/who are Enver Xhosa and Imri Nagy? And is <Hausa> related to <Xhosa> (that's the word I would think of if I heard someone say /h@Us@/.)