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[gregp1962]

So, is the route map in reply #1822 the most current? I was thinking that that was yestersols map.


BTW, we all agree that 'sol' is pronounced like 'soul' or 'sole' and not 'saul'. (Being a latin derived word)

[dvandorn]

Yes -- I was always impressed with one of the means by which original Shakespearian pronunciation was deduced.

In one of the plays (I don't recall which one, offhand), one of the characters is asked for a reason for something. His reply is that "reasons are as plentiful as nuts in a fruitcake."

When someone finally connected the contemporary pronunciation to the present-day Scottish burr, they realized that "reason" must have been pronounced with the first vowel resembling a long A more than a long E (as in the current Scots accent). So, the line would have sounded like "Raisins are as plentiful as nuts in a fruitcake."

Thereby, a Shakespearian pun shed light on the pronunciation of English in those times.



-the other Doug