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

[Herb Stahlke]

Sounds like the in\\reverse of Eeyore.

Herb

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
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> She is Shar-day in the US, but I think that's because of American
> English speakers' interpretation of RP long /a:/.
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> 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
>> time?
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>>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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>> http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/conrad-murrays-girlfriends-testify-s
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>>> 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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