Pranging -A proposed term.

[Wilson Gray]

Yes, that pronunciation-of-names thing is a problem! Is _McElroy_
"Mackle Roy," M' Kelroy," or "M' Kellery"? All three pronunciations
occur. I like the word and would enjoy using it. "Pranging" is
practically the story of my life. For then once, I'm going to use the
spelling pronunciation that rhymes with "banging."

-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: Pranging -A proposed term.
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> Yes, how? I've seen the "-ing" form; I didn't understand the word, but
> I mentally pronounced it /praeNIN/, as if from "prang" rather than
> "prange". I would pronounce "prange" /praendZ/ to rhyme with "flange",
> but names are notoriously unpredictable in pronunciation. ("Psmith --
> the 'p' is silent.)
>
> Mark Mandel
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>> How is this name pronounced?
>>
>> -Wilson
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