Re: Pancras

--- In phoNet@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@n...> wrote:

> Perhaps he said ["pan'krVs]. That is what I would say. The
> realisation of the /n/ would vary, sometimes yielding /N/. I

would

> say the opposition is close to being neutralised there. Perhaps I
> can't talk properly. ["paNkr&s] is possible, but does not feel
> right.

Two further comments:
1) I do have to remind myself that it is St. Pancras and not St
Pancreas.
2) The line from St Pancras to Bedford is known as the 'bedpan' line.

Richard.