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Language rant of the week: nothing starts on Tuesday
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25/10/2007 10:31:29
 
 
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>Not to be confused with llama (yama) me (may) in espanol...
>:o)

The one-l Lama, he's a priest.
The two-l Llama, he's a beast.
And I will bet a silk pajama
There isn't any three-l lllama.
-- Ogden Nash

>
>>>>>>>>>I should off guessed :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Should of. Please!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I know, but I've doubled the eff to make sure it's pronounced as "of", not as "ov". Sort of visual effect... in sound.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You pronounce 'off' the same as 'of'??? You've lost me on this one. If you wanted it pronounced as 'of', then why not just use 'of'?
>>>>>
>>>>>I think his point was that we pronounce the "f" in "of" as a "v" and he wanted an "f."
>>>>
>>>>That was the desired effect, yes. And I was actually looking for a place to plug the "off cross" as a Srbijan-Inglish for "of course", but couldn't find it, so I stayed with just this much.
>>>
>>>I wonder if this has owt to do with old Briton language - Welsh. In ythat lang. "f" is pronounced as "v" and "ff" is pronounced as "f". Thus we have the Welsh equiv. of "Fiona" - "Ffion". It looks weird - a word beginning with double-f; I don't think English has any words that begin with a double-consenant.
>>
>>Well, there is the two 'L' Llama (he's a beast), and the name Lloyd.
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