Coming from that region they should be pronounced ohm-aru, and Tim-aru, might not be the PC way to say it, but surely the correct pronunciation is the way the locals say it.
As for Delphi, I seem to remember that the correct pronunciation - according to key people at Borland is del-fee. It is a US thing to pronounce words that end in "I" as an "I" eg sem-i -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert martin Sent: Monday, 17 November 2003 11:20 a.m. To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: How do you spell Delphi? >Although Oamaru and Timaru seem tio have that problem with TV presenters >'Maori izing' there names. How Oamaru becomes O-Oamaru on TV is beyond me, >Im sure very few people living there pronounce it that way. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/