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Re: OT: Why I'm not Trebor Gnuj

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Monday, January 12, 2004, 7:12
John Cowan wrote:

> Trebor Jung scripsit: > > I'm not Trebor Gnuj because I find Gnuj extremely ugly. > > Well, if you pronounce it [gnuj] it sounds quite good, I think.
I concur. And [gnUdZ] isn't too bad either. Isn't there a Turkish eggplant dish called baba ganouj or similar?
> > > And I'm not even Trebor Nguj because Nguj is about as ugly as Gnuj. (One
might
> > reason that since <ng> is a digraph the form should be <Nguj>.) > > Well, [Nuj] is also good.
Right. Furthermore, /Nuj/-- most likely [NUj] or [Noj]-- is a possible final syllable in Tagalog. However it would be written "-ngoy"