Subject: Re: RE: [xsl] grouping by unique... From: "Vasu Chakkera" <vasucv@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:41:39 +0100 |
For a newcomer to this List , This looks more of a "How to Speak English" forum. Looks very odd to see non technical stuff going across multiple threads in a technical forum like this. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Passin, Tom" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:12 PM Subject: RE: RE: [xsl] grouping by unique... > [ Michael Kay] > > > > To my esteemed British correspondents: Could you please > > > explain why the English name "Featherstone" is pronounced "Fanshaw"? > > > > I think you mean "Featherstonehaugh". > > > > If you were called that, how would you pronounce it? > > > > I don't know the explanation in this case. With place names, the usual > > reason for a disconnect between the spelling and the pronunciation is > > that the spelling evolved among those who could read and write, the > > pronunciation among those who couldn't. > > > > Well. here is the US in the state of Massachusetts, we have the city of > Worcester, pronounced more or less as "Wooster". I have always assumed > that that would be the pronuciation in England, too, but I have never > heard it spoken by someone from there. > > Cheers, > > Tom P > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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