Re: Bunty.

Indeed!

I know the word well (collq. = woman/girl, < Arabic),
but I wasn't sure if it was used beyond BE. Anyway, I
try to avoid circular references as they are
infuriating!  :)

I wonder why we have 'pint' rather than the *pinte the
modern English orthography would lead you to expect,
based on pronunciation?

Of course, I could get philosophical and muse on why
for goodness' sake we have pint at all, given we
supposedly metricated almost 40 years ago....

Ooops, crown.  Forget I said that.


P



--- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 01:11, Peter Collier
> <petecollier@...> wrote:
> > Bint /bai)nt/ (i.e. rhyming with 'pint', not
> 'skint')
>
> You missed the opportunity to write "i.e. rhyming
> with 'pint', not
> 'bint'" :) Since "bint" is already a word.
>
> (It _does_ rhyme with 'skint', doesn't it? I've only
> encountered it in
> writing so far.)
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
>