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Spelling: was Trip to Malvern

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Subject: Spelling: was Trip to Malvern
From: Mark Morgan <mmorgan@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 14:22:20 +0000
>Pete Olsen and I have been dreaming of going to the big Autojumble in
>Belieugh??

Fred,
It's been observed by persons far wiser than me (I?) that pronunciation and
spelling have little connection in many English place-names. Thus, Beaulieu
= "bYEWly," Chalmondeley = "Chumly."

Of course, I shouldn't comment: I'm from "Sampensisco."

Mark Morgan
(as if!)






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