Oughtred

[G�nther Faltlhansl]

Dear anglophone dialists, An article in the recent BSS Bulletin on the double-horizontal dial by W. Oughtred has revived my interest in it and I also revisited Fred Sawyer's article on this type of "astrolabic" dial in the Compendium 4-1. So far, so good. As I normally do not read aloud to myself, it had never occurred to me that I did not know how to pronounce Oughtred's name correctly. Whilst I suppose that one simply ignores the "gh", it might yet be pronounced, for examle as in "tough" or any other way - but which? I presume there are plenty of experts to help me. My thanks to them in beforehand. G. Faltlhansl 47°55' N 13°35' E