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: 2000-10-09 17:47:41 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!europa.netcrusader.net!4.1.16.34!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!paloalto-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!paloalto-snr1.gtei.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Larry Elmore" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <2BED68CA963D6D55.A78776F656DA0452.75A61ED22116F1B6@lp.airnews.net> <39e2588f.21565740@news.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Three simple questions X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: X-Trace: /Kkf2JsPVsOcBaqrR+ZOifCoQKK1uEm2TIG4SCMdVwYefgkY0hu14Bn0BfQxeiK1uU916qajrv10!VPSOHZaFB28QJLR+KI3tVWDDoG7U5lt1sBnMshokQcUdpmafpABEHlsKkjDxNcJwf8MhzhhMO0+Q!r4OgFNCtEw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@gte.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 00:47:32 GMT Distribution: world Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 00:47:32 GMT Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1098 Date: 2000-10-10T00:47:32+00:00 List-Id: 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? > > Does it matter? It can -- if for some odd reason one wants to mention his name (or more liekly some other word with non-obvious pronunciation in English) in a conversation, one would like to be able to pronounce it correctly and not look unnecessarily ignorant to those who do know how to correctly pronounce that word (and who might not even understand what you mean without further explanation because your pronunciation is so far from the norm). Larry