Roger Mills scripsit:
> > [dZ], although the first part of it memorializes Eldridge Gerry [g],
> > the governor of Massachusetts,
>
> El_b_ridge Gerry's descendants-- at least as of 50+ years ago, when one of
> them was an Old School mate-- use(d) [g].
Oops. Obviously leakage from _Eldridge v. Ashcroft_, the copyright term
extension case. (We lost.)
> > [*] But the Enroughtys [da:biz] and the Taliaferros [tAl@v3z] will
> > *never* submit to mere spelling pronunciations!
> >
> Along with the Featherstonehaughs [f&nSO] (IIRC) and the Beauchamps
> [bitS@m].
AFAIK though neither family has much American presence.
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