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Re: Revive the spirit of Marlboro & Little LeMans

To: derek.lola@sympatico.ca
Subject: Re: Revive the spirit of Marlboro & Little LeMans
From: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 08:53:54 -0400
It's "tranta" to you, correctimundo, dude

Brian

At 10:49 PM 7/15/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Brian Evans wrote:
>> 
>> Renault and Le Mans are both (obviously) french words, and when pronounced
>> correctly in french sound thusly:
>> 
>> Renault = Ren-oh,  slight emphasis on the last syllable.
>> Le Mans = Lu Mahn, "n" almost silent but not quite.
>> 
>> The debate would be the advisability of pronouncing words from one language
>> using another languages rules of pronunciation.  Names often become quite
>> amusing when this happens...
>> 
>> Cheers Brian
>
>Only those that live near "Tronna" would understand Brian's concern for
>correctness - or did that change to correctitude since I retired?
>
>Derek
>
Brian Evans
Director, Global Sales
UUNET, An MCI WorldCom Company


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