Besides, Mike! is an easier transition from Mark! since they share so many phonemes and ‘ah’ to ‘aye’ is just half a diphthong apart, at least if you pronounce “Mark!” properly the English way, not the barbaric American rhotic way. Whereas you can get into all sorts of unexpected difficulties trying to pronounce an apparently simple pair of voiced bilabial plosives separated by the open back rounded vowel. https://youtu.be/G1QywDPkDjg
> On 23 Jan 2021, at 22:26, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can't have Bob compile the list ... too many of the quotable quotes come > from him ... > > :-) > > ann > > On 1/23/2021 4:56 PM, mike wilson wrote: >>>> On 23 January 2021 at 21:43 Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> perhaps it’s time for ... MIKE! >> BOB! is shorter and, I humbly suggest, more memorable. >> > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
