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Re: CHAT: silly names

From:Scott W. Hlad <scott@...>
Date:Sunday, March 18, 2001, 2:59
> -----Original Message----- > From: Marcus Smith [mailto:smithma@ucla.edu] > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 6:02 PM > To: scott@KOHATH.ORG > Subject: Re: CHAT: silly names > > > I've been looking for this. I don't recall what it means though -- could > you tell us?
It really is useless AFAIK... Stick a finger in the throat. Really. Scott
> > At 3/17/01 05:36 PM -0700, you wrote: > >There is no vowel sound in it. K->Rolled R->K > > > >Just as difficult as getting my last name correctly. You have to > glide right > >from the H to the L. The mouth of an English speaker can't handle those > >consonants together. > > > >In Czech, there is a whole tongue twister without any vowels in it. > > > > > >Strc prz skrz krk. > > > >There is a hacek over the c. > > > > Marcus Smith > > "Sit down before fact as a little child, > be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, > follow humbly wherever and to whatsoever abysses Nature leads, > or you shall learn nothing." > -- Thomas Huxley >