Re: Pronunciation

From: "David Hoos" <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
To: "cdm" <charlie.mccutcheon@hp.com>
Cc: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org
Subject: Re: Pronunciation
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:57:11 -0500
Date: 2005-06-24T09:57:11-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <mailman.91.1119625061.17633.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 42BC1283.AC62B862@hp.com

Because, for example, in Italian, the letter "h" is silent, but it
renders a preceding "c" or "g" hard, wheereas those letters are
soft when not followed by "h".  For example the two
Italian words "ci" and "chi" are pronounced as one could
phoneticise in English "chee", and "kee", respectively.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cdm" <charlie.mccutcheon@hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
To: <comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: Pronunciation

>>> 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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