On 19 Oct 2006 at 15:12, Andrew Levin wrote: [quoting me, unattributed:] > >But the "nucular" pronunciation gets the letters in the wrong order, > >while the "on-velope" is simply a holdover pronunciation from its > >French origins (I would presume). > > > >There are no English pronunciation rules that I know of that treat > >the reversal of the letter sounds as correct in any case. > > Brett Favre?
Another French-derived pronunciation, like "theatre". -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
