Re: men, elves, wolves, and robots; was: man, etc.

Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> BTW Swedish surnames bristle with |w|s and |f|s in place
> of |v|, and silent |h|s with no counterpart in the spelling
> of non-names.  In fact you would expect someone to spell
> his name Wahllöf /'va:l2:v/ rather than the "regular" Vallöv.
> My first and second names are also cases in point, where |c|
> and |Ph| in place of |g| and |F| is mere bravery -- though
> it makes life easier when abroad! :)
The 'h' in my family name is strictly orthographic, too - it's pronounced
/ju:anson/ - which doesn't stop Germans - who you'd think true appreciators of
silent aitches - from compulsively pronouncing it by analogy with their Johann.
Naturally, they also like to spell it **Johannson.

                                                         Andreas