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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Cro-Magnon #94285 02/02/2003 2:38 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I was watching an archaeology programme earlier this morning, and nearly spilled my muesli when the presenter several times in succession pronounced Cro-Magnon French-style as Cro-(Manyon) rather than the Cro-(Mag-nun) that I grew up with. Have I been mispronouncing the word all these years? Or is this part of the "Thou shalt not anglicise pronunciation" movement that gave us Don Ki-Ho-Te rather than Don Kwixot. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Cro-Magnon Bingley 02/02/2003 2:38 AM Re: Cro-Magnon Buffalo Shrdlu 02/02/2003 2:50 AM Re: Cro-Magnon wwh 02/02/2003 3:53 AM Re: Cro-Magnon WhitmanO'Neill 02/02/2003 4:18 AM Re: Cro-Magnon Capfka 02/02/2003 5:42 AM Re: Cro-Magnon Wordwind 02/02/2003 8:17 AM Re: Cro-Magnon Buffalo Shrdlu 02/02/2003 11:38 AM Re: Cro-Magnon Faldage 02/02/2003 12:14 PM Re: Cro-Magnon Jackie 02/02/2003 12:27 PM Re: Cro-Magnon WhitmanO'Neill 02/02/2003 2:46 PM Re: Don Quixote Bobyoungbalt 02/05/2003 3:50 AM Re: Don Quixote Jackie 02/05/2003 1:11 PM Re: Don Quixote Alex Williams 02/05/2003 5:20 PM Re: Don Quixote Faldage 02/05/2003 5:22 PM Re: Don Quixote WhitmanO'Neill 02/05/2003 6:07 PM Re: Don Quixote Alex Williams 02/05/2003 8:21 PM Re: Don Quixote Capfka 02/05/2003 9:43 PM Re: Don Quixote WhitmanO'Neill 02/06/2003 12:19 AM Re: Don Quixote Buffalo Shrdlu 02/06/2003 12:23 AM Re: Don Quixote Wordwind 02/06/2003 12:27 AM Re: Don Quixote WhitmanO'Neill 02/06/2003 12:48 AM Re: Don Quixote Buffalo Shrdlu 02/06/2003 12:54 AM Re: Don Quixote consuelo 02/06/2003 1:11 AM Re: Don Quixote wwh 02/06/2003 1:35 AM Re: Don Quixote Bingley 02/06/2003 3:52 AM Re: Don Quixote Faldage 02/06/2003 11:15 AM Re: Don Quixote Jackie 02/06/2003 1:47 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 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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