From: | D Tse <exponent@...> |
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Date: | Monday, June 18, 2001, 7:23 |
>Raymond Brown scripsit: > >> Indeed, there >> is a distinct tendency here for semi-literate to read initial x- as /Egz/ >> in unusual words, e.g. 'xanthic' /Eg"zanTIk/, 'xiphoid' /Eg"zIfQjd/, >> 'Xerxes' /Eg"z@(r)ksiz/, etc. I've even heard /Eg"zajl@f@un/ ! > >Here too. I even know some Javiers who think the English version of >their name is /Eksejvi@r/! >I think the Professor from X-men's name was pronounced in such a peculiar manner. But I don't watch it! Honest! :) Imperative