Herb (Was Re: Harry and Hairy - The Difference.)
Carol
justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 8 03:05:14 UTC 2007
> montims:
> OK - why is the th in Anthony pronounced "th", where Thomas is
pronounced
> "t"? You can't imagine how strange it is for a Brit to hear Americans
> talking about AnTHony Hopkins... Oh yes, and Bernard is prounced
berNARD,
> where Leonard is pronounced LEnnud, and leopard as LEpud. In
England, a St
> Bernard dog is BERnud...
Carol:
Dunno, but you forgot that we pronounce our "r's." So it's LEHN nerd
and LEH perd, at least here in Arizona.
Carol, whose last name (obtained from her ex-husband) also begins with
"Th" pronounced "t" and was once told that it was a Pennsylvania Dutch
name
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