/s/ = /S/ in context of new name

[Laurence Horn]

On Nov 7, 2011, at 9:14 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:

> You mean, just like the most popular female British singer of all time?
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> DanG
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Indeed, it would be much tougher now to name a baby "Sade" and have it pronounced in the manner of the Marquis, the way we could in the good old days.

LH

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> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/conrad-murrays-girlfriends-testify-sade-anding-nicole-alvarez/story?id=146581
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>> One of Dr. Murray's friends, "Sade Anding," pronounces her given name
>> as / Sa 'dei / (i.e., Sha-DAY).
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>> According to CNN.
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>> JL
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