Re: UK friendly?

[Jim Barrow <vrfour -at- earthlink -dot- net>]

Hehehe...this material works much better when spoken:^)

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Read <steve -at- readonly -dot- com>
Sent: Sep 17, 2004 9:50 AM
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Subject: Re: UK friendly?


But "aluminium" is pronounced that way.

Steve Read

James Barrow wrote:

>
>
> On Sep 17, 2004, at 9:23 AM, James Barrow wrote:
>
>> And 'aluminum' is not pronounced al-oo-min'-ee-um
>>
>> :^)
>>
>> On Sep 17, 2004, at 9:15 AM, Thomas -dot- Burke -at- bbc -dot- co -dot- uk wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Firstly, I am NOT British and would actually prefer documentation to
>>> evolve into tonal arragements that were independent of "languages".
>>>
>>> Secondly,
>>>
>>> Other things that bug me are:
>>>
>>> Analogue is spelt with a "ue".
>>> Programme has two "m's" and a "e".
>>>
>>> AND
>>>
>>> There is a North of Ireland, just as there is an East, West and 
>>> South of
>>> Ireland, 'Northern Ireland' is an artificial construction.


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