Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:03:10 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfgiffun@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) Message-ID: <19981228100310.O12346@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981227112512.059b06e0@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 11:29:00AM -0700 References: <368378AB.969463E2@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981225181200.05a201b0@mail.lariat.org> <xzpg1a3mzhe.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <19981226131644.I12346@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981226104824.05822710@mail.lariat.org> <36854A89.B393D402@uk.radan.com> <19981227112355.B12346@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981227111018.057c04c0@mail.lariat.org> <36867BB6.844497DA@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> <4.1.19981227112512.059b06e0@mail.lariat.org>
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On Sunday, 27 December 1998 at 11:29:00 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:25 PM 12/27/98 -0500, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > >> pah-ehh-yah is more like it... > > Somewhere in between, I think. It's not QUITE pronounced > as a short "e". It's difficult to know what sounds you're thinking of. But apart from some obscure southern German dialects, English is the only European language that makes much use of diphthongs such as `ay'. Spanish makes it very clear in the spelling when it does. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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