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Re: Fair point....
Posted By: SiliconDream =PN= (as3-1-84.HIP.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: 8/27/2000 at 3:40 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Fair point.... (Forrest of B.org)
: 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.
Gaelic expert I am not, but I'd bet the original pronounciation involves some larynx-shattering Germanesque gargle that's more or less equidistant from English "aw" and "ock" and "ack." It would if it was Welsh, anyway.
--SiliconDream
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