From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 27 15:33:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA16432 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 15:33:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA16427 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 15:33:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA25528; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:03:09 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA29448; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:03:10 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981228100310.O12346@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:03:10 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Brett Glass , "Pedro F. Giffuni" Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) References: <368378AB.969463E2@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981225181200.05a201b0@mail.lariat.org> <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981227112512.059b06e0@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 11:29:00AM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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