[Facts] True enough, but...
in reply to a message by Lumia
I was basing my response on the (perhaps optimistic) premise that there can only be so many ways to mangle a nightmarish vowel string like "aoi" within the Indo-European language family. Could be wrong.It's safe to assume that most Irish spelling was probably concocted late at night in a haze of unfiltered cigarettes, grain alcohol, and chronic depression, but what were the GREEKS thinking? If Pavlos is any example, they were probably just messin with our heads...
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pronounce  ·  lulu  ·  8/3/2005, 7:53 PM
Re: pronounce  ·  Maestra  ·  8/10/2005, 12:22 AM
Re: Change  ·  Maestra  ·  8/10/2005, 12:27 AM
Re: pronounce  ·  queenofaquitaine  ·  8/6/2005, 11:12 AM
Re: pronounce  ·  Daividh  ·  8/5/2005, 8:53 AM
Aoide is a Greek name, not Irish  ·  Lumia  ·  8/5/2005, 10:22 AM
True enough, but...  ·  Daividh  ·  8/6/2005, 9:40 AM
An ode to Guinness draught  ·  Pavlos  ·  8/9/2005, 12:10 AM
Re: pronounce  ·  gin_rummy  ·  8/4/2005, 11:06 AM
Re: pronounce  ·  Miss Claire  ·  8/4/2005, 6:58 AM