Re: txt msgs & BrSc

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/!

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
        --Douglas Hofstadter

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