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 18:22:03 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!xfer13.netnews.com!netnews.com!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!cyclone-0.nyroc.rr.com!chnws02.mediaone.net!chnws05.ne.mediaone.net!24.128.8.202!typhoon.ne.mediaone.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Subject: Re: Three simple questions From: Ed Falis Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: References: <2BED68CA963D6D55.A78776F656DA0452.75A61ED22116F1B6@lp.airnews.net> <39e2588f.21565740@news.demon.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Pineapple News 0.8.5 [SKYLAB BETA], BeOS (Intel) 5.0.3 X-Program-URL: http://www.concentric.net/~brunsona/pineapplenews.html Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 01:16:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.218.121.133 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mediaone.net X-Trace: typhoon.ne.mediaone.net 971140609 24.218.121.133 (Mon, 09 Oct 2000 21:16:49 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 21:16:49 EDT Organization: Road Runner Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1100 Date: 2000-10-10T01:16:49+00:00 List-Id: Ish'-bee-uh - 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? >> >> 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 > >