From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 28 09:12:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA20539 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 09:12:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA20532 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 09:12:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA16611; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 18:12:21 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id SAA60483; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 18:12:21 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981228181221.I53810@follo.net> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 18:12:21 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Greg Lehey , Brett Glass , "Pedro F. Giffuni" Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) References: <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> <19981228100310.O12346@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19981228100310.O12346@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 10:03:10AM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message