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Re: OT Pronunciation of _Galle_ (was: YAPT)

From:Ph. D. <phild@...>
Date:Thursday, January 6, 2005, 1:01
Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
> > Paul Bennett wrote: > > > What's bugging the hell out of me is the BBC news, who > > insist on refering to the town I thought was /'g@l`:e/ > > as /g&li:/ > > On the Swedish news they call it /go:l/, so now I'm utterly > confused, since I've always assumed /'g@l:e/ based on the > standard way of romanizing Indic words.
This town has been on the news here in Detroit (Michigan, USA) the last two nights. The local newscasters keep pronouncing it the same as Gaul ! --Ph. D.