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Re: Label colouring

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Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <180420122253537395%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> wrote:
> 
>> Be glad that you're not an unfortunate American male whose ignoramus 
>> parents liked the sound of the name Sean but didn't have the sense to 
>> learn how to spell the name and saddled the kid with the phonetic 
>> spelling Shawn.
> 
> 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"?

Not to mention the ones who call their daughter Caitlin and then 
pronounce it Kate-Lynn, not realising that it's merely the Irish 
spelling of Kathleen -- which is an English approximation of the Irish 
name in the first place.

Paul Magnussen

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  Re: Label colouring nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-14 09:34 -0400
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    Re: Label colouring dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-15 02:38 +1000
  Re: Label colouring Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-14 07:48 -0700
  Re: Label colouring Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-14 11:53 -0400
    Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-14 08:55 -0700
      Re: Label colouring "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2012-04-15 19:45 +0000
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    Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-16 18:57 +1200
      Re: Label colouring George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-16 10:09 -0500
      Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-16 15:28 +0000
        Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-16 16:48 -0400
          Re: Label colouring Tom Stiller <tom_stiller@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-16 17:11 -0400
            Re: Label colouring Joe Dee <joe@invalid.invalid> - 2012-04-16 18:31 -0400
              Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-16 15:33 -0700
                Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-16 22:57 +0000
          Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-16 14:38 -0700
            Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-17 10:35 +1200
              Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-16 15:47 -0700
          Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-17 19:38 +0200
            Re: Label colouring HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-04-18 09:10 +1200
              Re: Label colouring dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-18 10:02 +1000
              Re: Label colouring Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-04-18 15:29 -0700
            Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-17 18:22 -0400
              Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-18 09:12 +0200
                Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-19 02:24 +1200
      Re: Label colouring Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-16 11:31 -0400
        Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-16 19:36 -0400
          Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-16 16:48 -0700
          Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-18 09:19 +0200
            Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-19 02:24 +1200
              Re: Label colouring Sara <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-04-18 16:27 +0100
                Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-18 08:37 -0700
                Re: Label colouring "Thomas R. Kettler" <tkettler@blownfuse.net> - 2012-04-18 15:19 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-18 16:44 -0700
                Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-18 23:48 +0000
                Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-18 17:19 -0700
                Re: Label colouring JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-04-18 21:42 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-19 17:24 +0200
                Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-18 22:53 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-18 19:58 -0700
                Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-19 03:37 +0000
                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
                Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-21 14:12 +0200
                Re: Label colouring Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2012-04-20 09:42 -0700
                Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-24 15:42 -0400
                Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-19 15:57 +1200
                Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-19 17:18 +0200
                Re: Label colouring TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2012-04-19 13:54 -0500
                Re: Label colouring dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-20 08:55 +1000
                Re: Label colouring Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-20 16:49 +0200
                Re: Label colouring Sara <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-04-19 14:22 +0100
                Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-20 03:49 +1200
                Re: Label colouring Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-19 16:13 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-04-19 13:48 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-19 16:22 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-20 12:40 -0400
                Re: Label colouring Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-20 17:47 +0000
                Re: Label colouring Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-21 11:45 -0400
          Re: Label colouring Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-04-19 13:52 -0400
            Re: Label colouring Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-19 16:28 -0400
              Re: Label colouring Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-04-19 17:12 -0400
                Re: Label colouring nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-19 15:08 -0700
      Re: Label colouring Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-16 09:15 -0700
        Re: Label colouring jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-17 10:35 +1200
        Re: Label colouring paris2venice@gmail.com - 2012-04-17 15:31 -0700

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