Re: On new names for "Deity"
On Fri, Feb 27, 1998 at 10:50:21PM +0100, Peter Tobias wrote:
> IMHO acronyms are better. Other names may cause a lot of problems concerning
> the spelling of the word (especially for languages other than english).
>
> Imagine you tell somebody on the phone the name "trove". I bet that a lot of
> people would ask about the spelling of the word. Does it use a 'v', 've' or
> a 'w' at the end of the word? Is it an 'o' or 'ou' in the middle of the word
> and so on. The spelling might be easy for english but not necessarily for
> other languages.
I think already the pronounciation of the word is causing this sort
of confusion. *I* think it is pronounced the same was as "drove"
(as in I drove my car). This seems to fit with a treasure trove.
I don't think it is trove as in dove. Prounced as drove makes
the spelling a bit clearer.
I am a native speaker of English but it is not a common word at all.
Hamish
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