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Re: Phonetic pronunciation of Agassiz
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"MARY S. MCCUTCHEON" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 19:47:35 -0500
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On Thu, 14 Mar 1996, Andrew James Llwellyn Cary wrote:

>
> We americans are famous for anglisizing all sorts of non-english names and
> words.
>

I would like to add that there are many cases when we hyper Francifize
(?) words such as Saint-Saens, fleur-de-lis, Vichissoise and
Tete-a-tete all of which get their last consonants deleted by people who
try just a little too hard.....

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