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Re: Label colouring

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On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:37:59 +0000, Patty Winter wrote:

> In article <michelle-A61966.19580018042012@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Michelle Steiner  <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>>
>>How about the ones who don't realize that "fl" in Gaelic is pronounced
>>with a silent "f", so when they name their son "Floyd", they pronounce
>>the "F", and when they want the correct pronunciation for "Floyd", they
>>spell it "Lloyd"?
> 
> Well, I've seen even actual English people give up and name their sons
> "Rafe," presumably to avoid people using a long "a" and pronouncing the
> "l" if they'd spelled it "Ralph."
> 

The odd thing there is that I went to school with Ralph, and he 
pronounced his name phonetically.

-- 
Paul Sture

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                Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-18 17:19 -0700
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                Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-19 17:24 +0200
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                Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-20 16:50 +0200
                Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-20 16:28 +0000
                Re: Label colouring JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-04-20 15:14 -0400
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                Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-20 17:47 +0000
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