From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,66bc6b039f1e005d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-10-10 20:47:45 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <39E3E354.F529910A@acm.org> From: Jeff Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Three simple questions References: <2BED68CA963D6D55.A78776F656DA0452.75A61ED22116F1B6@lp.airnews.net> <39e2588f.21565740@news.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 03:47:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.252.122.165 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 971236063 158.252.122.165 (Tue, 10 Oct 2000 20:47:43 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 20:47:43 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1144 Date: 2000-10-11T03:47:43+00:00 List-Id: Ed Falis wrote: > > Ish'-bee-uh Being French, 3 rules apply: CH is pronounced like SH in English fish; I is pronounced sort of like English EE in bee; and the accent is always on the last syllable. This is why it is pronounced eesh-bee-UH when he is at home. > > - Ed > > Larry Elmore wrote: > > John McCabe wrote in message > > news:39e2588f.21565740@news.demon.co.uk... > >> Frank Christiny wrote: > >> > >> >1. What is the correct pronunciation of Dr. Ichbiah's name? > >> > Is the "ch" pronounced as in "Loch" or as in "each"? Is the > >> > final "h" is silent? -- Jeff Carter "Perfidious English mouse-dropping hoarders." Monty Python & the Holy Grail