Wow. So every imported word, or word of foreign origin, is to be discounted? That certainly cuts down the options...
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David W. Fenton > Sent: 20 October 2006 00:55 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Finale] Re: [OT] Nucular [was:Finale eggcorn] > > > On 19 Oct 2006 at 20:31, Owain Sutton wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David W. Fenton > > > Sent: 19 October 2006 05:32 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Finale] Re: [OT] Nucular [was:Finale eggcorn] > > > > > > There are no English pronunciation rules that I know of > that treat > > > the reversal of the letter sounds as correct in any case. > > > > None? I could reel off plenty for you if you want. Or are you > > dismissing all regional variations out-of-hand? > > Name the rules, please. My bet is that all of them will be for words > with non-English roots. > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
