Re: History of French

From: Nathan Sanders (nsanders.DIE.SPAM_at_wso.williams.edu)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:32:11 GMT

In article <41330CAA.F1D@worldnet.att.net>,
 "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

[on "Uranus"]
> > Nathan
> > pronounces it like an IPA transcription
>
> Des, you're being poached on ...

Meh. I was postsig-posting before I took my first (disastrous) baby
steps in sci.lang. Independent innovation.

> Even the last of the vowels?

It comes out something like "oor ran noose", with primary stress on
the first syllable and secondary on the last. It sounds silly, but so
do the two standard pronounciations, so I just try not to say it at
all.

Nathan
not an astronomer or a classicist 

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Nathan Sanders
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