Re: History of French

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:16:56 GMT

Nathan Sanders wrote:
>
> In article <49d5j0hdeah2765kl74emteeqaltol9222@4ax.com>,
> Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Peter T. Daniels writes:
> >
> > > Which of the two standard pronunciations of "Uranus" is the "correct"
> > > one, and which of them doesn't "conjure[] up too many evil associations"
> > > -- Number One or Number Two?
> >
> > The correct pronunciation sounds almost exactly like "your anus."
>
> Webster.com lists the "urine us" pronunciation first.
>
> (I take it you failed to catch Peter's joke...)
>
> Nathan
> pronounces it like an IPA transcription

Des, you're being poached on ...

Even the last of the vowels? 

-- 
Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net

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