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Date:      Mon, 28 Dec 1998 18:12:21 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, 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:  <19981228181221.I53810@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <19981228100310.O12346@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 10:03:10AM %2B1030
References:  <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> <19981228100310.O12346@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 10:03:10AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> 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.

*Zot*

You're forgetting norwegian again.  E.g, in my name (where ei is a
diphthong, pronounced somewhat like 'æj' where 'æ' is like the first
sound of 'at').

Eivind.

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