Re: Country names

Staving Tristan:
>Peter Bleackley wrote:
>
>>It's time to quote Ogden Nash:
>>
>>The one-l lama, he's a priest,
>>The two-l llama, he's a beast,
>>And I will bet a silk pyjama
>>There isn't any three-l lllama.
>
>Hm, well if one-l lamas are pronounced with a /l/, and two-l llamas are
>pronounced with a /j/, what're three-l lllamas? /lja:m@/? :)
Interesting. Is there any way of dismabiguating it from [jla:m&] ?

Or what if it's Wellsh?

Pete

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