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| | languagehat.com: LINGUISM. |
 | | The blog Linguism is updated rarely (only ten entries since last October), but has some interesting stuff, particularly a review of the Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation, with the kind of grumpy pickiness I enjoy: |
 | | The Earl of Harewood, his home Harewood House (both pronounced ‘har-wuud’) and the village of Harewood (’hair-wuud’) is not listed, but Althorp, the home of Earl Spencer, and the title borne by his eldest son, is there, with some mention of the controversy over its pronunciation. |
 | | Now the subject now is linguism and not bad etymology (23/1/2003) but I wanted to ask, whether Brian is back to answer or not, about the "sine" or "sin" element in limousine that is a clear deviation from "limovici" (elm people) and "limoges" (elm something; another unexplained element as the "sin")... |
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