Michael Everson wrote:
>
> At 01:20 -0800 2006-01-25, Tex Texin wrote:
> >Thanks Mark, it's cool.
> >But where is he from that the F in HalfPenny and the R in Forecastle are not
> >pronounced?
>
> They are pronounced like "haypenny" (often written (ha'penny>) and
> "foke-sel" (also written <fo'c'sle>).

Even in rhotic America.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...