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|    Evelyn C. Leeper to Keith F. Lynch    |
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|    03 Oct 25 16:43:30    |
      From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com              On 10/3/25 3:56 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:       >       > Also, "Georgian" probably isn't the right term anyway, or at least       > we're not pronouncing it right, given that the first two Georges       > were German, hence would have pronounced their names as "Gay-org."              But the English people probably all pronounced it the way we do.              But let's not get started on English (British) pronunciation, e.g. "St.       John" is "sin-jin", and "Worchestershire" is "wus-ta-sheer".              --       Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn       Don't ever save anything for a special occasion.       Every day you're alive is a special occasion. -Ann Wells              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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