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Re: [GZG] Full Thrust Lite



Michael Llaneza wrote:

> >I find Welsh place names *much* easier to pronounce starting from the
> >spelling than English place names are... the Welsh are decent enough to
> >actually adhere to their pronounciation/spelling rules; the English
> >generally aren't :-p
>
>Actually, for a language derived from the attempts of French speaking
>soldiers to pick up German speaking barmaids, we have remarkably regular
>rules for pronunciation; it's just that far too many of them come from
>French.

Although "Slough", though... :-p

(Hint: the placename above does *not* rhyme with the other two words :-/ )

/Oerjan
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  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry


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