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<P><FONT face=Arial>I'm afraid I *also* thought it was 'Kuh-meene' (with the
stress on the second syllable). Sorry, Cammie.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>I know what you mean about the French - my grandmother is
French, and all her relatives in France (when I go to stay with them) call me
'Let', or even 'Less'!! This is because the French (bless 'em) cannot pronounce
the 'th' sound same as us. But does that make it alright? Does it hell!
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>I bet no one can guess how to pronounce my surname? Well,
it's kinda like 'jow-zee'. The stress is on the first syllable which,
incidentally, rhymes with the exclamations 'Ow!' and 'Wow!' Geddit? Course you
do.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>My French grandmother thinks it is utterly ridiculous how
the English have come up with so many variants of names. For instance, take the
name 'Richard' and see how many variations you can think of:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Rich, Richie, Ritchie, Richey, Richee</FONT><FONT
face=Arial>, Rick, Ricky, Rickey, Rickie, Ricki, Ric, Dick, Dickie,
Dickey.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>And what about 'Margaret'? Mag, Maggi, Maggie, Mags, Meg,
Megs, Meggi, Meggie, Peg, Pegs, Peggy, Peggie, Pegi, Margy, Marge, Margey,
Margie, Margi........... it just goes on and on! Not to mention
'Elizabeth'...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Ok, so this is not strictly related but what the
hell.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>L...h</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>- - - - - - - - - -</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>From: Cameene Pitters <<A
href="mailto:CPitters@Channel4.co.uk">CPitters@Channel4.co.uk</A>></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Well, if you're an Irish male with a relatively deep voice
(like two of my</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>college lecturers), you can get away with the very harsh
"Ca" sound. Any</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>other accent saying it (even my own) just gets right on my
tits.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>A Welsh bloke I knew opted for the "K'meen"/"Kuh-meen" cos
he's just got a</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>very "lazy" voice. Another girl and I used to spend many
happy minutes</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>teasing him until he was red in the face about the way he
said "t'thbrush".</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>A small child came up with "Keh-meen" which was rather cute
but now he's too</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>old to get away with it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>And of course, there's those with French
accents...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Actually, I'm kinda soft on regional accents too, like the
bloke from York</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>who for a short while managed to pronounce "Cameene" as
"Flower".</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> -----Original Message-----</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> From: Travis Cox
[SMTP:t.cox@landfood.unimelb.edu.au]</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 12:39 PM</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> Cameene,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> >It's Cameene pronounced: "Ki-meen". I bet none of
you got that. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> >I tell you, if ONE more person calls me
Car-meen-ie, I'll do a</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> hypothetical</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> >Kenny!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> That one surprises me. I would have pronounced it with
a very</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> harsh</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> "Ca" sound, probably like the beginning of "cat". But
as for adding the</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> "ie"</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> on the end, that never occurred to me. I have always
just thought of it</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> as</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> "ca-meen". I have been saying it aloud several times
now as I write this</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> email, and I think perhaps I might even pronounce it as
K'meen, rather</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> like</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> G'kar, if there are any B5 fans out there who know what
I am talking</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> about.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> Travis Cox, who hates it when people call him "Trevor
Skocks"...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>I'll not be doing that then, lad - but can I call you "TAC"
just to</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>annoy Darling Steve?</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial>Cameene - fickle, but hey, she *is* a female (of
sorts).</FONT></P>
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