Re: CHAT: Brithenig-heads

Padraic Brown scripsit:

> In the south of Kemr, y hYspanow maintain this same custom. The
> spelling of your name would be unchanged, except Eugenio would
> most likely be Ewgenis. The pronunciation would be different, of
> course: ['karlos EwdZ'Eni 'tonson pinz'o]. Someone unfamilliar
> with English names might say [ton'so]. Though -mp- is an allowable
> cluster, -mps- is not; hence the simplification to -ns-.
How about plain -ms-?  The p is a result of English speech habits:
Thompson has the less common variant Thomson (also Tompson, Tomson)
and is simply "Tom's son" in any case.

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