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Date:      Wed, 29 May 2002 08:33:55 +0200
From:      Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>
To:        Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>, David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.ORG>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Language in danger: Language loss
Message-ID:  <20020529063355.GB8243@lpt.ens.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20020529124238.H82424@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg 'groggy' Lehey said on May 29, 2002 at 12:42:38:
> How do the French come to terms with your name?

They pronounce my first name like the French "Raoul" (and sometimes
spell it that way too).  In the second name, they elongate the "i",
leave out the stress in "ddh" and "th", and pronounce the last "an"
the French way with a nasal ending (it should be more like the French
"jeune" but I'm not changing the spelling for their benefit....) It's
still recognizable.  In any case, English speakers often have trouble
with my name too.

- Rahul

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