Re: Middle English question

Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Tom Wier wrote:
>
> > I'd assume like /p@dreiIk/ -- but perhaps we had best let Padraic
> > himself tell us. :)
>
> He's already told us - it's pronounced just like it's spelled ;-).
My point was that that's a nonsensical comment for English spelling,
especially when it comes to proper names. :)  There are lots of
pronunciations that <Padraic> could represent,  all those you listed
and more.  I personally wouldn't think to pronounce the orthographic
cluster <ai> in Padraic as representing /ei/ pure and simple, because
most words of similar spelling (e.g., <formulaic>) would make those
two vowels pronounced separately.

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