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=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, STOX_REPLY_TYPE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ffd9867424acf610 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!news.enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: "David Hoos" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Pronunciation Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:57:11 -0500 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <87r7ew3iu8.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <87d5qg3gom.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <42BC1283.AC62B862@hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1119625061 25499 212.85.156.195 (24 Jun 2005 14:57:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:57:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org To: "cdm" Return-Path: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11623 Date: 2005-06-24T09:57:11-05:00 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" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: 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?) > > > _______________________________________________ > comp.lang.ada mailing list > comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org > http://www.ada-france.org/mailman/listinfo/comp.lang.ada > >