Re: Ada Lovelace

From	Folderol <general@musically.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject	Re: Ada Lovelace
Date	2024-07-19 19:25 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<20240719192538.38dd6ef2@devuan> (permalink)
References	(3 earlier) <v78ma0$1pu19$2@dont-email.me> <20240717161436.375a378f@devuan> <5b81f30d13dave@triffid.co.uk> <v7amb2$2b9ln$1@dont-email.me> <5b8283c084Spambin@argonet.co.uk>

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On Thu, 18 Jul 24 22:15:03 UTC
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <v7amb2$2b9ln$1@dont-email.me>,
>   Liam Proven <lproven+es@cix.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 17/07/2024 5:22 pm, Dave wrote:  
>> > In my life, now well into dotage, I have met a few old ladies called
>> > Ada and it was never ever pronounced Adder.  #  
>
>> Ah, yes, but what languages did you speak with them in?  
>
>> The English pronunciation is EY-duh but most of the world doesn't speak 
>> English.  
>
>That's their problem  :-)
>
>No, it's not, it's Ay-da
>
>> Most names have different pronunciations in different languages.  
>
>> "David" is "DAY-vid" in English but "dah-VEED" in French and Czech, for 
>> instance.  
>
>> "Peter" is "PEAT-uh" in English   
>
>Not round these parts, it is most definitely peat-er

Ha! beat me too it. It's like that round these parts too.

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        Re: Ada Lovelace Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2024-07-17 16:14 +0100
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            Re: Ada Lovelace Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2024-07-17 21:15 +0000
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                Re: Ada Lovelace Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2024-07-19 19:25 +0100
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