Re: OT: Pronunciation of meagre

Jo Lonergan wrote:
On 29 Mar 2008 21:58:24 GMT, rf10@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Robin Fairbairns)
wrote:

Jo Lonergan <jolonergan@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:54:43 +0000, Kate Brown
<elvira@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Corinna has to be 'inn' because of the double 'n', doesn't it? They may have been extrapolating from the French 'Corinne', which would have a longer vowel on the 'i'.
My friend Corinna definitely pronounces it as in pub. The name is
Greek originally.
pronounces what as in pub? do you mean she's a death of sir john
moore sort of person?

"Inn".

I was sure I'd seen a picture of the Burial of Sir John Moore, in the
pre-raph style so probably at the Tate Britain, but I can't find any
reference to it. Have I dreamed it?

"They buried him darkly at dead of night, the sods!" as my father would say.

Unfortunately I've discovered that that isn't a perfect quotation.
.

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