'Sun'/sun king.

[Koontz John E]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Rankin, Robert L wrote:
> Yes, more than a credible match, given the relationship between French
> orthography and actual pronunciation.  If you assume he put the definite
> article before 'sun' they come out the same.  'Louis' is [lwi] (one
> syllable) and 'the sun' (with the French article) is [lwi].  If you allow
> him to use the Fr. article, he was right smack on the money. :-)

Yes!  Moral:  sometimes the ridiculous is correct.