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Re: Fair point....
Posted By: Forrest of B.org (cache2.avtel.net)
Date: 8/26/2000 at 7:28 p.m.
In Response To: Fair point.... (Bubba)
: ...except surely then it would have been spelt Connaught.
: I am no expert on linguistics but can think of no
: other word where an 'acht' spelling is pronounced
: 'awt'
Yacht.
And Connacht is actually actually the name of some Irish city, which, IIRC, is alternately spelled Connaught. I've seen a lot of people misspell the name of our hero that way as well.
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