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Chris Croughton (chris@keristor.net) 2005/05/11 16:27

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From: Chris Croughton <chris@keristor.net>
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Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 23:27:49 +0100
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On Wed, 11 May 2005 14:41:54 +0200, Jozef
   <jozef.van.holsbeeck@pandora.be> wrote:

> Sorry, I did.  And you are right I'm not a native speaker.  I'm very
> sorry that my typo caused a lot of discussion.

We should rather thank you for prompting discussion, this newsgroup is
often rather dead.

> The stress is of course on the second syllable.

Except for those who say it on the first, and we're trying to work out
where they (not you!) got that pronunciation.  And preferably nip it in
the bud before it gets established...

> Thank you all for your contribution!

P'jalst!  De nada!  Bitte schoen!  Sorry, wrong language <g>.  C'est rien!

Chris C

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