On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:30:34, Rowland Penny via Dng wrote: > On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 22:18 +0200, Antony Stone wrote: > > On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:04:28, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 07:13:43PM +0100, Rowland Penny wrote: > > > > We also have a habit of having letters in words that we do not > > > > pronounce, 'pterosaur' for instance :-) > > > > > > But it's *fun* pronouncing both the p and the t. > > > > Who in their right mind would pronounce the 't' in that :) ? > > Just about everyone in England, it is the 'p' that you do not > pronounce. Unless you are actually referring to the 'that' on the end > of your sentence, in which case 'ha' :-D
I suspect I under-emphasised the smiley in my sentence :( > > German pronounces all the letters in a word, in as consistent a way > > as possible. > > They would. At least it's easy to learn how to say German words, and how to know which word a German has just said. > > French pronounces as few of the letters in a word as it can get away > > with. > > Terrible language, we stole the best parts of their language. Yes, mostly from the original Latin... > > English pronounces most, but not all, of the letters in a word, in as > > many different ways as possible. > > How about the name 'Cholmondeley ' which is pronounced 'Chumley' Agreed. St. John = Sinjun Featherstonehaugh = Fanshaw Gloucester = Gloster Worcester = Wooster Antony. -- The words "e pluribus unum" on the Great Seal of the United States are from a poem by Virgil entitled "Moretum", which is about cheese and garlic salad dressing. Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng