[obol] Re: Questions and speculation about Oregon swifts
- From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 23:07:47 -0700
correction: French Huguenots
On May 17, 2014, at 10:41 PM, Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It rhymes with "fox" - though that would not have been the pronunciation in
> France. As I recall the explanation was that it was a French Heugonaut
> name, and was pronounced in a way to rhyme with "fox" in the US. My Frentres
> ancestors similarly pronounced their name to rhyme with "stress', rather than
> "ray". Vaux was an American.
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> On May 17, 2014, at 10:15 PM, Barbara Millikan <barbara.millikan@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> A minor swift matter -- does Vaux rhyme with 'fox' or 'foe'?
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