Re: SuSE.....How is it pronounced, please?

From: Richard Steven Hack (richardhack_at_prontomail.com)
Date: 01/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:08:17 GMT

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:54:37 GMT, James Knott <bit_bucket@rogers.com>
wrote:

>Richard Steven Hack wrote:
>
>> I always had a problem with this since high school when my English
>> teacher wanted everybody to pronounce the Rio Grande as "Ree-o Grand"
>> whereas my Spanish teacher said it was "Ree-o Granday". I feel things
>> should be pronounced as the native speakers who named it pronounce
>> things. I suppose that makes me un-American.
>>
>
>Back when I was a kid, I studied French. Some teachers spoke Parisian
>french, others spoke Quebec French. It was always "fun", when we'd be
>taught one thing, only to have the next teacher tell us we were wrong!

Exactly. If you lived in Quebec, you'd want to speak French the way
they speak it, Paris ditto. But in either case, you don't want to
speak an Americanized version of French.

An exception to this might be Texas Panhandle English which is
completely incomprehensible to everyone including the native speakers,
I think...:-) 

-- 
Richard Steven Hack
"Whatever does not kill me makes me stronger" - 
and YOU have not killed me!

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