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 20:59:45 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!upp1.onvoy!onvoy.com!xfer13.netnews.com!netnews.com!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <39E3E647.796FF68A@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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 03:59:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.252.122.165 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 971236777 158.252.122.165 (Tue, 10 Oct 2000 20:59:37 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 20:59:37 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1145 Date: 2000-10-11T03:59:37+00:00 List-Id: Pascal Obry wrote: > > Frank Christiny writes: > > > Friends, > > > > Having arrived recently into the green Adian world, I am trying to > > assimilate all there is to know about this powerful, unfairly > > maligned computer language. Most questions I have been able to > > answer from the FAQs here and there but there are three (so far) that > > have gone unanswered: > > > > 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? > > It is like in "each" and yes the "h" is silent. I find this reply puzzling, since I think Pascal Obry is French. The CH in French is pronounced like the SH in English fish (there may be exceptions to this, but I've never encountered them). -- Jeff Carter "Perfidious English mouse-dropping hoarders." Monty Python & the Holy Grail