Re: The Spelling with English Words
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:50:25 -0000, Richard Wordingham
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Doesn't trubble rhyme with rubble?
Not in everyone's speech - not even when the rhyme scheme
demands it! (I hadn't been aware that the RP
pronunciations of 'trouble' and 'double' rhymed.)
They also rhyme in GenAm.
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Brian
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