From Julien Quint Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 18:50
From Julien Quint Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 18:50
Aetehraplst" <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> said: > as both of them say in an interview (the one that's messed up by ae), > it's aw-teck-er. it seems like the only people who have a problem wif > it are somewhat french, or have knowledge of french pronunciation. > meaning no disrepect to any french on the list, obviously. their > pronunciation is just different than other pronunciations. they look > at it and see "ou-tesh-rah".. sometimes... since you said toronto, > and canada is bilingual, that makes sense. Well, I'm French :) Until I hear an English guy pronounce the name (the "official" "aw-teck-er"), I used to say "aw-teck-ruh" (well, the "-uh" at the end is rather silent though). I know a guy who says "aw-ter-sh" but he's a loser anyway. Julien