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From: phoogenb@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Peter Hoogenboom)
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of foreign words
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John Varela (jav@cpcug.org) wrote:
: In <4iib9i$iq5@newsgate.sps.mot.com>, r16360@email.mot.com (Andrew McNeil) writes:

: >* In Minnesota there is a town called Grand Marais (Big Swamp?). 

: In Minnesota there's a town called St. Cloud.  Phonetic spelling of St. 
: Claude, oui?

I wouldn't call it a phonetic spelling, at least not of the modern French 
pronunciation of "Claude."  The American spelling of that would be 
"clode," more or less.

Peter

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