Re: Silent English

From: Michael Everson
Message: 6443
Date: 2006-01-25

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>).
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Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
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