Re: Middle English question
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, July 30, 1999, 19:48 |
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On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Padraic Brown wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, John Cowan wrote:
>
> >
> > You're supposed to snarl "It's pronounced exactly as it's
> > spelled!" and then refuse to say any more.... :-)
>
> Yes, but it becomes an irksome game after a while!
>
And besides, it's not really compatible with the famous
Dutch courtesy (cough, cough, argle... The first thing Irina
and I missed when we arrived on Schiphol from our trip
to England was the ubiqitous 'thank you' and 'please'...
I mean, if even the railway company is polite!)
It was a bit difficult, though, when an wasp decided
to share my cider in London, and stung my tongue. I went
to Guy's hospital, and the head nurse, one James Smith
(very friendly and capable person), asked my how to
pronounce my name, while I lay down with a swollen tongue
and a head full of dizzy-making stuff! I hardly could
refer him to my webpage...
>
> Padraic (yes, it's pronounced exactly as it's spelled!).
>
What, like /pa:-'dra:-Ik/, or like /'pa:-draykh/? or even
/p@-'draykh/? (If anyone can decipher my particular travesty
of ASCII-IPA).
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt