'Sun'/sun king.
Koontz John E
John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Tue Dec 18 16:36:26 UTC 2001
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.
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