Point well taken. On 9/13/07, Andrew Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 3 our of 4 of those examples don't count - only maverick has vowel- > consonant-vowel :) > > On 5 Sep 2007, at 18:07, Lee Meador wrote: > > > Except in "mattress" or "matrimony" or "mad" or "maverick" where > > the 'a' is > > pronounced as in "dad". > > > > English is funny because we stole words from almost every other > > language on > > the globe so any rule tends to have lots of exceptions. We just > > keep the > > pronunciation or some mangled version of it from the other language. > > > > -- Lee > > > > On 8/15/07, Roberto del Fuego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> From an English linguistics viewpoint, as a rule of thumb, > >> whenever you > >> have > >> vowel-consonant-vowel (as in mAVEn), the first vowel sound is > >> pronounced > >> its > >> 'long' way (a as in ape as opposed to a as in fact). So I think > >> you are > >> right! > >> > >> Roberto > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Wayne Fay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "Maven Users List" <users@maven.apache.org> > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:23 PM > >> Subject: Re: Pronuciation > >> > >> > >>> I am not an expert in this matter, but I have always pronounced it > >>> may-vin. If you check the Oxford dictionary, it seems this is the > >>> "right" way to pronounce this word. > >>> > >>> http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=maven > >>> > >>> Wayne > >>> > >>> On 8/13/07, brad hadfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Just a trivia question... hope you don't mind settling a point of > >>>> discussion. > >>>> > >>>> What is the proper pronuciation of the word "Maven"? I have been > >>>> using > >>>> mey-vuhn with the a as in "bacon" or "gate". > >>>> > >>>> I have heard the a pronounced as in fact or back. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Anyone? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> - > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > -- Lee Meador > > Sent from gmail. My real email address is lee AT leemeador.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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