Fun Stuff from A Word A Day

[Karen DeFrank <defrank@VOICENET.COM>]

Dear Fridns,

It seems to me that many librarians enjoy words as much as they enjoy books.
I subscribe to A Word A Day and received this list that I
thought some of you may find interesting.  If you are interested in joining
A Word A Day see info at the bottom of this post.  If you can help this guy
out, please send him the info, not me!!

<From: Bruce Bailey (bruce.bailey@tandem.com)
<Subject: Odd pronunciations for letters.

<This is a list compiled while lying around in traction for a few months
with
<nothing better to do.  Having
<gone the military spelling route (Alpha Bravo Charlie ...), I preferred to
<confuse.  Here are some I came up with:

a aye (I)
b bdellium
c czar
d djin double-u
e eye , egg
f Ffolks
g gnu
h hors d'oeuvre , hour
i Iyar (eyar), Ibo (e bo)
j Jaeger (yager), Jai-alai
k knight
l llano, -- also "colonel" is a fun one!
m mnemonic
n ngwee (engwe = Zambian equivalent of one cent)
o oestruc, one
p ptomaine, pneumatic, psychiatry, pfizer
q queue, Qatar, qoph, quintar, quiviut
r
s see, sheep, sgraffito (z)
t tsunami
u Uitlander (ATE lan der)
v vrouw or vrow (frau) Dutch or Afrikans woman
w wring, Wagnerian
x Xingu (shingoo) river in Brazil, xhosa (kosa - Bantu language)
y you
z zwieback (sweebak)

If anyone can come up with an example of "R" not sounding like an "R"
PLEASE PLEASE tell me!

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Karen DeFrank
on maternity leave
Dorothy L. Bullock Elementary School
Glassboro, NJ  08028
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