Re: USAGE: [T] -> [f] (formerly ChineseDialectQuestion)

Roger Mills scripsit:
> I think this constitutes an on-topic OT post:
> While on the subject-- I believe the fine old French/Norman? name Beaulieu
> is pronounced ['bjuli]-- enough to curl a Frenchperson's toes.
Then there's Taliaferro, all the members of which in the New World
have a common ancestor (named Tagliaferro), but pronounce it ["tOlIvr\=].

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