From: cdm <charlie.mccutcheon@hp.com>
Subject: Re: Pronunciation
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:06:33 GMT
Date: 2005-06-24T14:06:33+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <42BC1283.AC62B862@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ZdsYkEsOPBRB@eisner.encompasserve.org
>> Thanks. What about "GNAT"? Like the fly?
>
>The pronunciations I have heard for GNAT are not like the insect.
>For the insect, the G is silent, whereas the pronunciations I have
>heard for GNAT emphasize the G as non-silent (with the rest the same).
Yes, they use the "g". Like GNU, pronouncing each letter.
(Why do languages bother throwing in silent letters?)
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-20 19:54 Pronunciation Florian Weimer
2005-06-20 20:36 ` Pronunciation David Hoos
2005-06-20 20:36 ` Pronunciation Martin Dowie
2005-06-20 20:40 ` Pronunciation Florian Weimer
2005-06-20 21:28 ` Pronunciation Larry Kilgallen
2005-06-21 7:39 ` Pronunciation Preben Randhol
2005-06-24 14:06 ` cdm [this message]
2005-06-24 14:57 ` Pronunciation David Hoos
2005-06-24 23:56 ` Pronunciation Larry Elmore
2005-06-27 16:41 ` Pronunciation Adam Beneschan
2005-06-21 9:28 ` Pronunciation Georg Bauhaus
2005-06-21 7:36 ` Pronunciation Preben Randhol
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