Re: CHAT: new names (was: Re: Bopomofo and pinyin)
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 24, 2000, 14:00 |
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At 01:38 23/01/00 +0100, you wrote:
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>I have in fact a similar question. My mom's maiden name was
>_Sagelid_ and I could change my surname to it if I wanted to.
>My grandfather came up with it because every other guy where
>he lived had _Johansson_ as surname.
>
I, who know it's not like a French word nor an English word at all, would
pronounce it /sage'lid/ (with French accentuation) or /'sagelid/. A totally
uneducated French person would pronounce it certainly /saZ'li(d)/ or maybe
/saZe'li(d)/.
Christophe Grandsire
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