Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David H Wild Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Vowels [was Re: "monty" < "python"] Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:36:20 +0000 (GMT) Organization: None Lines: 10 Message-ID: <532fd4741ddhwild@talktalk.net> References: <987098b6-d79c-4597-b656-9b3e983740e8@z3g2000vbg.googlegroups.com> <514a8c5e$0$30001$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="57760c8b877572847e9d326501bc7076"; logging-data="21203"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/0odiUIIiAOnzbuftYKNSRULywoix7POY=" User-Agent: Pluto/3.04c (RISC-OS/6.20) NewsHound/v1.50-32 Cancel-Lock: sha1:bY2CTlZU7YVTMMCHH+3tsCweB6k= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:41641 In article , Larry Hudson wrote: > The word "apron" was originally "napron", and over the years the phrase > "a napron" mutated to "an apron". So that became the accepted word. Similarly, the snake was a nadder - congruent with the natterjack toad. -- David Wild using RISC OS on broadband www.davidhwild.me.uk