Re: Cambodia v. Kampuchea

From: Guillaume (guillaume51_at_alussinan.org)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 11:59:18 +0100

"*** T. Winter" <***.Winter@cwi.nl> a écrit dans le message de news:
I7vD80.ABC@cwi.nl...
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> (*) Walloon 'xh' is historically pronounced [x], in Wallonia there are
> about 33 places of which the name begins with this combination.

Really? Do you have examples?

> By the way, offhand I do not know *any* French word where the 'x' is
> pronounced as [ks].
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I do not know *any* French word where the "x" is pronounced as /s/
The names of some towns such as Auxerre, Bruxelles, Ixelles should be
exceptions, but the majority of French speakers pronounce them /ks/.

Guillaume

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