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[António Pedro Marques]

Jerry Friedman wrote (13-07-2010 19:47):
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> From: António Pedro Marques<entonio at gmail.com>
>> Ryan Dunn wrote:
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>>> On Jul 12, 2010, at 5:47 PM, António Pedro Marques wrote:
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>>>> 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.)
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>>>> I suppose the default pronunciation is ['fAT at rI'naI at r]. Does this look like
>>>> something else mistranscribed?
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>>>> The 'father' part is more or less established, unless 'father' itself is an
>>>> enlgish transalation of a misheard original.
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>>>> 'Inire' itself doesn't seem to offer many possibilities. ['InIri], [I'ni at r],
>>>> [InI'r at I]?
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>>>> ['] stresses the syllable following it
>>>> [I] short i
>>>> [@] the uh sound in -er
>>>> [i] long i
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> You know "long i" in American English means the vowel in "eye", /aI/?  We use
> "long" for the vowel sounds that "say their names".  The usage in other
> English-speaking is different, I think.

You're right. Should I have written 'long e', then? I can't bring myself to it.

>>> [T] th
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> (You want /D/ for the "th" in "father".)

D'oh. Of course.