On 1/28/08, Jeremy Apthorp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 29/01/2008, Tim Chevalier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Haskell", stress on the first syllable; the first syllable is like > > the word "has" and the second syllable is pronounced with a schwa > > where the "e" is written. > > > > Sometimes you will hear people stress the second syllable, but that is > > not Preferred. > > > > "Hass" (like in "hassle") "kell" (to rhyme with "fell") >
That is not correct. The second syllable does not rhyme with "fell". In fact, the correct pronunciation sounds like "hassle" with a 'k' inserted between the two syllables of that word. (And when I say it's not correct, I'm comparing to the speech of a few People Who Should Know.) Cheers, Tim -- Tim Chevalier * http://cs.pdx.edu/~tjc * Often in error, never in doubt "pointing out ridiculous attitudes about every actual thing in the world ever is not a crime" -- Tony Gies _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
