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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Pronouncing #25574 04/01/01 05:12 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Mom was born in Norway, arrived after WWII, and chose the spelling "Osa" for her first name. This was as close as she could get to mirror the actual pronunciation of the Norsk spelling "Asse" (the A has a circle over it), but even still misses the true sound. You can see why she changed it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant shanks 04/01/01 09:14 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant Max Quordlepleen 04/01/01 09:35 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant Capital Kiwi 04/01/01 10:15 AM CapK and Fibey! shanks 04/01/01 02:19 PM Re: Pronouncing wow 04/01/01 04:20 PM Re: Pronouncing Jackie 04/01/01 04:29 PM Re: Pronouncing musick 04/01/01 05:12 PM Great idea shanks 04/02/01 07:40 AM Re: Great idea Jackie 04/02/01 11:13 AM Re: CapK and Fibey! And now Faldage Faldage 04/02/01 12:19 PM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant shanks 04/01/01 02:13 PM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant Avy 04/02/01 01:00 AM Ouch... shanks 04/02/01 07:35 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant Max Quordlepleen 04/02/01 01:18 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant rodward 04/03/01 12:28 PM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant inselpeter 04/03/01 01:09 PM The nasal sound in extended Devanagari... shanks 04/03/01 01:58 PM Re: Written sounds wow 04/03/01 02:45 PM Re: The nasal sound in extended Devanagari... kummini 04/03/01 03:18 PM Ta much shanks 04/04/01 07:52 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant nancyk 04/04/01 08:55 PM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant shanks 04/05/01 11:05 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant Jackie 04/01/01 11:29 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant shanks 04/01/01 02:22 PM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant Scribbler 04/01/01 05:23 PM Do dilettanti ever aspire to the Bar? shanks 04/02/01 08:29 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant Fiberbabe 04/01/01 01:32 PM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant Rouspeteur 04/02/01 01:39 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant shanks 04/02/01 07:54 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant Sparteye 04/02/01 03:37 AM Re: It's Gandhi - wow 04/02/01 02:02 PM Re: It's Gandhi - shanks 04/03/01 08:22 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant kummini 04/03/01 09:14 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant inselpeter 04/03/01 10:23 AM Name meaning Jackie 04/03/01 10:27 AM Re: Name meaning kummini 04/03/01 03:27 PM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant wordcrazy 04/04/01 12:59 AM Hmmm... shanks 04/04/01 08:05 AM Re: Hmmm... Fiberbabe 04/04/01 11:35 AM Re: Hmmm... shanks 04/04/01 11:44 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant Sparteye 04/05/01 12:51 PM Confession time shanks 04/05/01 01:03 PM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant maverick 04/05/01 04:58 PM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant Anonymous 04/05/01 05:20 PM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant nancyk 04/05/01 10:07 PM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant wwh 04/06/01 12:06 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant nancyk 04/06/01 01:06 AM Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant inselpeter 04/06/01 01:24 AM 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 674 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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