Re: USAGE: Language revival

At 10:33 am -0300 30/11/99, FFlores wrote:
>Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
[....]
>> Incidentally, I read that "forehead" was once pronounced something like
>> /forId/, with the h being re-introduced.
>
>That's how I was taught also! It seemed very strange to me at first,
>until I got accustomed. Now you tell me it's wrong again? :)
No, no - it's not wrong!

For most of my life most people in England (where English BTW originated
:)  said /'fOrId/.  The /h/ is a horrid innovation, that has become
increasingly more common in the last 10 to 20 years, introduced by people
who want to sound correct  ;)

Ray.


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