Inquisitor Hein
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« : 12-02-2012 14:22 »
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Howdy:) First of all, this might be an extremely nitpicky and unimportant question. I'll ask it anyway  : I just watched "Bender's Big Score" again. The scene in which Dr. Goodensexy complained her name was "Cahill" made me wonder: She pronounced it like "Cayhill", yet, when reading the written form of the name, I somehow expected the name to be pronounced more like "Cawhill" (like e.g. Caldwell). So, a question to the native English speakers: Would the written name "Cahill" (without anyone saying to name aloud) be really be expected to be pronounced "Cayhill", or rather "Cawhill" (Yep...I admit to it being a rather weird question  )
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TheMadCapper

Fluffy
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« #6 : 12-04-2012 19:02 »
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Kay-hill is the pronunciation I'm familiar with.
Several words start with "ca" and utilize the "kay" sound. Cave, came, cape, cane, cage, for examples. And then you have other words like cat, caramel, cart, caltrop, cap, cast, and car, which don't. English is a wacky language.
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UnrealLegend

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« #8 : 12-05-2012 23:05 »
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Kay-hill is the pronunciation I'm familiar with.
Several words start with "ca" and utilize the "kay" sound. Cave, came, cape, cane, cage, for examples. And then you have other words like cat, caramel, cart, caltrop, cap, cast, and car, which don't. English is a wacky language.
That's because the "e" at the end modifies the sound of the "a". Not really that wacky.
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