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I grew up in Java Village NY

Pronounced like  Jay  va
not like a cup of coffee

There there is a town named Chili near Rochester NY
first part like the chi in child=20
then lie

Interesting is the word "farang", a word for foreigner in the Thai langua=
ge.

I once overheard a guy on a flight to Thailand trying to impress a fellow=
 passenger
about his travels to Thailand.

He pronounced "farang" just as it is spelled in many travel books about T=
hailand.

However the word is pronounced more like Phil long.

So I knew he never set foot in Thailand before. I just smiled to myself.

Ray




On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:00:11 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>=A0Ray Newman wrote:
>
>>>=A0Like in Moe of Larry, Curly and Moe
>>>
>>=A0That is exactly right and the same example I was going to use.
>>
>=A0Hm... that's one of those things many non-native speakers are not
>=A0that familiar with, I guess -- at least I'm not :)
>
>=A0Is it the 'o' of "so" (as in "that's so interesting") or is it the
>=A0o of "pro" in "pronounce"? (I looked up "vogue", but it seems to
>=A0have different forms of pronouncing the 'o':
>=A0http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vogue :)
>
>=A0English is not really a difficult language, but English
>=A0pronunciation is, well, not exactly difficult, just unpredictable :)
>
>>=A0We also have a big airspace company here called MOOG Inc.
>>=A0http://www.moog.com/

The "aerospace" company

>>
>>=A0They pronounce the name like the cow moo with a g.
>>
>=A0You'd think that if they are from the same family, they'd pronounce
>=A0their name equally, no? Like on a family meeting? :)
>
>=A0Thanks,
>=A0Gerhard






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