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in reply to a message by abbasdaughter
maybe if you are using the -rye prn. But my name is -ray, and I think if you was it with -ray in the middle then it doesn't sound anything like it. I can see -rye making you think Psoriasis.
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That would def. make some difference... spelling makes it ambiguous though.
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Perhaps if the y were replaced w/ an i...
Then it would at least be clear that it's a vowel sound, though whether it's 1 vowel sound or the other could still be up in the air.
Then it would at least be clear that it's a vowel sound, though whether it's 1 vowel sound or the other could still be up in the air.
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It all depends on whether people treat the y as a vowel or a consonant... While y acts like a vowel in SOME languages, in others, it's only a consonant and there are many languages for which a is ALWAYS ah and NEVER ai/ay like in ate, so when it's a language one's not familiar with, one doesn't assume that a-y-vowel will be ay-vowel... it could be a-ya or a-yo... etc... so it's a REALLY easy mistake.
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Yeah I think most people use Rye here, because we have so many Spanish speakers.
Then again, what do I know.
But even though it sounds exactly like Psoriasis to my ear it doesn't bother me.
Then again, what do I know.
But even though it sounds exactly like Psoriasis to my ear it doesn't bother me.
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