Re: OT: pronunciation of Aril
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- Subject: Re: OT: pronunciation of Aril
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:00:23 -0700 (MST)
Edmundas Kondratas wrote:
>
> On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Steven & Sharlyn Rocha wrote:
>
> > Dear Friends of the List,
> > I have often wondered about the pronunciation of the word aril. I have
> > been pronouncing it A-ril (short a sound) and have heard others do so too.
> > But, a judge I know in our region pronounces it ARil. Actually it sounds
> > like AIR-el the way she says it. Does anyone out there know how it should
> > be inflected?
> > Thanks,
> > @ @
> > <
> > (____)
> >
> > Steven & Sharlyn Rocha
>
> Hi Steven&Sharlyn Rocha
> I have found in English-Lithuanian dictionary that in word <aril> a we must pronouns like a in word <have>.
> Edmundas Kondratas
> Lithuania, Kaunas
>
Edmundas -- Around here, we pronounce the "A" in aril as the "E" in
Edmundas.
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac in Mount Vernon, VA
jgcrump@erols.com
