----- Original Message -----From: Urban LindqvistSent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 12:26 PMSubject: [phoNet] SV: Trivia... And talking of famous phoneticians, Gimson can be pronounced in two ways. THE Prof. Gimson of London pronounced his name with [g], but many people say "Jimson" or "Jim... Gim... I mean... uh... Jimson" when referring to him.PiotrThanks.(As regards Trudgill, I'd never considered any other possibility. But then I'm not a native speaker ...)Urban