Re: [tied] Re: Mercury and lead

So you haven't heard yet. L'Académie has recently abolished the distinction between H muet and H aspiré, and /lezariko/ is now fully legitimate.

Piotr

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From: petegray

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Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 9:34 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Mercury and lead

> Wrong. To pronounce "les haricots" ("the green beans") properly, you say > /lez ariko/ I am surprised this has not been contested. Words like haricot with an "aspirated h" are treated as if they began with a consonant: no elision, no liaison: le haricot (not l' aricot) de haricot (not d' haricot) le heros (not l' heros) etc and plural les Halles pronounced /le 'al) les haricots pronounced /le ariko/ Peter