Re: Cambodia v. Kampuchea

From: Douglas G. Kilday (fufluns_at_chorus.net)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 01:47:37 -0000

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote ...
>
> [...]
>
> Of course not! There's no /by/ in English. Maybe the bagel-like roll
> called "bialy" in English represents a Yiddish < Slavic [bjali], but it
> has three syllables in English. "Bjorn" as in Borg has two syllables,
> and so does "fjord."

That's ridiculous. I have always pronounced "Bjorn" and "fjord"
monosyllabically. Did you get your information from a Monty Python sketch
of Viking cowboys? "Jee-hah! Let's sail up this hee-jar fee-jord,
Bee-jorn!"

By the way, our fearless leader /dVby@/ has medial /by/.