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[António Pedro Marques]

Ryan Dunn wrote:
>
> On Jul 12, 2010, at 5:47 PM, António Pedro Marques wrote:
>
>> John Watkins wrote (12-07-2010 22:33):
>>> All of the speculation and mystery make me consider "Father Inquiry" as
>>> a possible pun?  (Assuming it's "in-ee-rey" rather than "in-ire-ay" or
>>> somesuch.)
>>
>> I suppose the default pronunciation is ['fAT at rI'naI at r]. Does this look like something else mistranscribed?
>>
>> The 'father' part is more or less established, unless 'father' itself is an enlgish transalation of a misheard original.
>>
>> 'Inire' itself doesn't seem to offer many possibilities. ['InIri], [I'ni at r], [InI'r at I]?
>>
>> ['] stresses the syllable following it
>> [I] short i
>> [@] the uh sound in -er
>> [i] long i
>> [T] th
>
>
> I've always assumed it's pronounced:
>
> FAH-thur in-AYr (aka father-in-ire)

I.e. ['fAT at rI'naI at r]

> no?

LH says an audiobook has in-EER [I'ni at r] while his? own pronunciation is 
in-EER-ay [I'ni at re].

I default to your pronunciation as well, but something about the name always 
makes me think of [I'ni at r] as an alternative (maybe it's because that kind 
of rhymes with vizier).


> ...ryan
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