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Re: [ATM] ATM pronuciation

To: Dan Harriman <atm@atmlist.net>
Subject: Re: [ATM] ATM pronuciation
From: Richard <cnc@cncservo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:24:45 +0000
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Hi Dan,

Saturday, February 10, 2007, 11:52:55 PM, you wrote:

DH> I went to school with a person and his last name was Houghton. He 
DH> pronounced it Hoe-ton.
DH> Within the past year or two, I have heard other families pronounce it How-ten.

England has got three villages called Houghton and they're all
pronounced differently :)

That said, my opinion is that most brits looking at that
word would pronounce it orton, as in bought or brought. Most towns
ending in oughton seem to be pronounced ..orton.

But then Okeford Fitzpaine in Dorset is pronounced "fippeny ockford."

Lovely language, innit?

source - www.findarticles.com

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Best regards,
  Richard in the UK

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