Re: Pronunciations.
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 20, 2002, 14:20 |
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At 00:02 2002-06-20 +0100, Michael Poxon wrote:
>The place is actually spelt Featherstonehaugh (1 word) and pronounced
>/f&nSO/. Anyone called Fanshaw is immediately marked as a toff.
>Mike
I have always found this phenomenon with the orthography and orthoepy of
names being out of synch with each other very amusing. Does it occur as
often in other languages as in (British) English? Does it occur in
anybodys Conlangs? It seems to me one could make a game out of it!
/BP 8^)>
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