| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 22, 2004, 4:40 |
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:12:18PM -0500, Tristan McLeay wrote:> Apropos of this, there is a female American name pronounced [mejg@n] or > thereabouts. Is that simply the American (for particular values of > American, of course) pronunciation of 'Meagan', which I say as /mIig@n/?Yes.> (One American spelling that grates is 'Jared' for 'Jarrod', like the > Subway guy. Looks like /dZe:d/ t'me.)Whereas to me "Jarrod" cries out to be pronounced /dZar\@d/. :) -Mark
| Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |