Re: [MiNT] XaAES 0.901

["Konrad M. Kokoszkiewicz" <draco@obta.uw.edu.pl>]

> On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 04:09:02PM +0100, Konrad M. Kokoszkiewicz wrote:
> > Things I don't like is the unpronounceable name (next one to "oAESis" 
> > and "Thing")
> 
> Just being curious, but what is unpronounceable in "Thing"? Remember, it
> is _not_ the English word, but the Germanic one, with an IMO very
> straight-forward pronounciation.

The unpronounceable bit in it is "th". Aspirated 't', whether it is in
English or Germanic version, does not occur in Polish, and it (the
sound) is so alien, that words containing it are usually not inherited,
because, even if you know how to pronounce it, it sounds so unusual in the
normal flow of the language.

Of course, I can drop aspiration at all, but then I can't be sure it is
correct.

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Konrad M.Kokoszkiewicz
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