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(See also my talk.) I've removed 'aileron' because it is not italicised & has an obvious pronunciation; similarly with menagerie. Puisne is not italicised by my Oxford, and I didn't know the pron: it appears to be *pûnì, a bit like the French ''puni''...? [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 14:22, 16 March 2008 (CDT) | (See also my talk.) I've removed 'aileron' because it is not italicised & has an obvious pronunciation; similarly with menagerie. Puisne is not italicised by my Oxford, and I didn't know the pron: it appears to be *pûnì, a bit like the French ''puni''...? [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 14:22, 16 March 2008 (CDT) | ||
:Okay, what about ''demimondaine''? And "honi soit qui mal y pense"? Although uttered by a Brit, so improbably....[[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 14:33, 16 March 2008 (CDT) | :Okay, what about ''demimondaine''? And "honi soit qui mal y pense"? Although uttered by a Brit, so improbably....[[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 14:33, 16 March 2008 (CDT) | ||
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Speak fer yourself, John Alden. I've been flying on airplanes for, oh, 58 years now, and I don't have Klue as to how it's pronounced! [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 14:36, 16 March 2008 (CDT) |
Revision as of 13:36, 16 March 2008
(See also my talk.) I've removed 'aileron' because it is not italicised & has an obvious pronunciation; similarly with menagerie. Puisne is not italicised by my Oxford, and I didn't know the pron: it appears to be *pûnì, a bit like the French puni...? Ro Thorpe 14:22, 16 March 2008 (CDT)
- Okay, what about demimondaine? And "honi soit qui mal y pense"? Although uttered by a Brit, so improbably....Hayford Peirce 14:33, 16 March 2008 (CDT)
aileron
Speak fer yourself, John Alden. I've been flying on airplanes for, oh, 58 years now, and I don't have Klue as to how it's pronounced! Hayford Peirce 14:36, 16 March 2008 (CDT)