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Re: USAGE: name pronunciation

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, October 28, 2004, 16:32
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. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan Promises become binding when there is a meeting of the minds and consideration is exchanged. So it was at King's Bench in common law England; so it was under the common law in the American colonies; so it was through more than two centuries of jurisprudence in this country; and so it is today. --Specht v. Netscape

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