/s/ = /S/ in context of new name (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Herb Stahlke]

She is Shar-day in the US, but I think that's because of American
English speakers' interpretation of RP long /a:/.

Herb

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
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> I thought she was Shar-day.
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>> You mean, just like the most popular female British singer of all
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> http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/conrad-murrays-girlfriends-testify-s
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>> > One of Dr. Murray's friends, "Sade Anding," pronounces her given
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>> > as / Sa 'dei / (i.e., Sha-DAY).
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>> > According to CNN.
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