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#144467 06/25/05 02:51 PM
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Surely not the ones who et 'am 'ocks on 'oagies...


#144468 06/25/05 07:47 PM
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The Taj is amazing, but if you want to see the Moghul's true eponymous genius, you need to go to Fitipur Sikri ...


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> English speaking country, as well as Australia

LOL! M or S, whatever your name, the delightful wit's the same :)


What wit? He was merely recounting pure fact ...


#144470 06/25/05 09:06 PM
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>Fitipur Sikri

Thanks for the tip, Capfka, another place to add to my itenerary for my wishlist.

I love the Taj Mahal without having seen it for the way it punctures Hindi's boast about being phonetic. The iconic image of India and the name is NOT said as it's spelled, very comforting for an English speaker such as I.


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As for the "h" in yoghurt

A little digging around shows that the word "yog(h)urt" is from Turkish. AHD transcribes the Turkish word with a G-breve (yumushak ge) which has only the effect of lengthening the previous vowel. Since this is represented in Turkish by a G with a horizontal line through it. There would seem to be no cogent reason to require use of an H in the spelling of 'yogurt' in the English language. This is just another example of flagrant commonwealth squandering of our precious literal resources.


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> flagrant commonwealth squandering

Came into the English (mass) language from Switzlerland, as far as I remember. 'Sides, otherwise we'd have to mispronounce it YO-gert like you benighted infidels. :)~


#144473 06/26/05 02:12 AM
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So, how do you say "yogurt"?


#144474 06/26/05 03:29 AM
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Moghul Heh--'bout time I got a rise out of somebody--I was beginning to wonder if all the Britspeakers were asleep!

Good pictures here, CK:
http://images.google.com/images?q= Fatehpur Sikri &hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi

Speaking of different Englishes: we were talking on the way home tonight, and I have decided that of all the natives I have heard speak from countries where English is the primary and/or official language , Liberian English is the hardest to understand.


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> Liberian English

our Librarian does just fine, though she's got a bit of a Massachusetts accent....



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