> 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. >
Agreed, I think it is pronounced wront on TV. > 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 The last borland thing I went to, Richard Vowles was calling it 'i'. Thats why I thought it must have been the offical line. Rob Martin Software Engineer phone 03 377 0495 fax 03 377 0496 web www.chreos.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Sugrue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:51 AM Subject: RE: [DUG]: How do you spell Delphi? > 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/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
