From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 28 15:33:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA11897 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:33:49 -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 PAA11880 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:33:44 -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 KAA00504; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:03:04 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA32212; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:03:07 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981229100306.L12346@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:03:06 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Eivind Eklund , Brett Glass , "Pedro F. Giffuni" Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) References: <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> <19981228181221.I53810@follo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19981228181221.I53810@follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 06:12:21PM +0100 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 Monday, 28 December 1998 at 18:12:21 +0100, Eivind Eklund wrote: > 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* Ouch. > 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'). OK, I promise not to do it again. 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