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   On 10/3/2025 5:47 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   > In article <10bpchi$2364v$1@dont-email.me>,   
   > Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   >> 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".   
   >   
   > [Hal Heydt]   
   > Or the street address in "The Sorceror", as rendered by W. S.   
   > Gilbert... 70 Simmery Ax.   
      
   Neat. I've never studied the written lyrics, and had always   
   misheard that as 'Slippery Axe'. Turns out that 'Simmery Axe'   
   is the archaic pronunciation of 'St. Mary Axe'   
      
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