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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Saint Brigid's Day #121777 02/03/2004 2:10 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California But surely, somebody would pronounce Brighid /brIgId/. The h after the 'g' stopping the sound from affricating. When I tell folks here about this they miss the irony. The 'gh' in Afghanistan is supposed to be a voiced velar fricative. The preceding 'f' assimilates by voicing. And the 'gh' in ghost is there because Caxton put it there. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Saint Brigid's Day Father Steve 01/30/2004 11:24 PM Re: Saint Brigid's Day of troy 01/30/2004 11:30 PM Re: Saint Brigid's Day jheem 01/30/2004 11:33 PM Re: Saint Brigid's Day of troy 01/30/2004 11:39 PM Re: Saint Brigid's Day jheem 01/30/2004 11:47 PM Re: Saint Brigid's Day wwh 01/30/2004 11:59 PM Re: Saint Brigid's Day belMarduk 02/01/2004 12:54 AM Re: Saint Brigid's Day wwh 01/30/2004 11:45 PM Re: Saint Brigid's Day AnnaStrophic 01/31/2004 1:03 AM Re: Saint Brigid's Day sjmaxq 01/31/2004 1:15 AM Re: Saint Brigid's Day Capfka 01/31/2004 8:01 AM Re: Saint Bill's Day Buffalo Shrdlu 01/31/2004 1:12 PM Re: Fuckitall Day Capfka 01/31/2004 8:20 PM Re: cynical old basket Day maverick 01/31/2004 10:56 PM Re: cynical old basket Day Capfka 02/01/2004 1:20 AM Re: cynical old basket Day belMarduk 02/01/2004 1:37 AM Re: night of the undead woodchuck jheem 02/01/2004 1:42 AM Re: night of the undead woodchuck belMarduk 02/01/2004 1:44 AM Re: sancta brigita jheem 02/01/2004 3:37 AM Why "Saint"? Father Steve 02/01/2004 3:47 AM Re: Why "Saint"? TEd Remington 02/01/2004 5:36 PM Re: Why "Saint"? wwh 02/01/2004 5:53 PM Re: Why "Saint"? of troy 02/01/2004 7:53 PM Burning candles consuelo 02/03/2004 12:35 AM Re: night of the undead woodchuck AnnaStrophic 02/02/2004 3:00 PM Re: night of the undead woodchuck jheem 02/02/2004 3:32 PM Re: night of the undead woodchuck AnnaStrophic 02/02/2004 4:39 PM Re: night of the undead woodchuck Faldage 02/02/2004 4:45 PM Re: Saint Brigid's Day Flatlander 02/02/2004 8:11 PM Hot Dog! Father Steve 02/03/2004 12:16 AM Re: Hot Dog!--yeah, but... of troy 02/03/2004 3:20 AM Re: Saint Brigid's Day jheem 02/01/2004 12:54 AM Re: Saint Brigid's Day Father Steve 02/01/2004 1:07 AM Re: Saint Brigid's Day Capfka 02/01/2004 1:15 AM Re: Saint Brigid's Day jheem 02/01/2004 1:17 AM Re: Saint Brigid's Day hibernicus 02/02/2004 5:17 PM Re: Saint Brigid's Day jheem 02/03/2004 2:10 AM Re: Saint Brigid's Day hibernicus 02/03/2004 9:44 AM Re: Saint Brigid's Day jheem 02/03/2004 1:29 PM Re: Saint Brigid's Day wow 02/02/2004 3:48 PM patron saint of spinsters Father Steve 02/02/2004 7:44 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,310 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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