On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:20:25 -0000, "Philip Eden"
philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:


"Colin Youngs" wrote in message
...
John Hall wrote in message ...

: She slightly redeemed herself when explaining the 13 degC possible in
NE
: Scotland tomorrow can be attributed to a fohn effect.

:Except she calls it a "phone effect".
:
:How should it be pronounced? I confess that that is how I would have
ronounced it myself.

"Föhn" should be pronounced roughly like "fern".

Well, for a non-rhotic speaker, yes. Brian Blair might disagree!


As an erstwhile rhotic speaker coming from Gloucester I would also
disagree. As a German student at school it was quite funny to hear
Mozart's famous piece described as oiner kloiner knacked museek.

Martin


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