Re: Ada Lovelace

From	Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk>
Message-Id	<5b8283c084Spambin@argonet.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Date	2024-07-18 22:15 +0000
Subject	Re: Ada Lovelace
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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


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      Re: Ada Lovelace Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2024-06-04 23:06 +0100
  Re: Ada Lovelace Liam Proven <lproven+es@cix.co.uk> - 2024-07-16 18:14 +0100
    Re: Ada Lovelace Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2024-07-17 10:54 +0100
      Re: Ada Lovelace Liam Proven <lproven+es@cix.co.uk> - 2024-07-17 16:00 +0100
        Re: Ada Lovelace Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2024-07-17 16:14 +0100
          Re: Ada Lovelace Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2024-07-17 17:22 +0100
            Re: Ada Lovelace Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2024-07-17 21:15 +0000
              Re: Ada Lovelace Liam Proven <lproven+es@cix.co.uk> - 2024-07-18 11:12 +0100
            Re: Ada Lovelace Liam Proven <lproven+es@cix.co.uk> - 2024-07-18 10:13 +0100
              Re: Ada Lovelace Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2024-07-18 22:15 +0000
                Re: Ada Lovelace Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2024-07-19 10:32 +0100
                Re: Ada Lovelace Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2024-07-19 19:25 +0100
              Re: Ada Lovelace druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2024-08-05 21:17 +0100
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