[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One) wrote on 04.05.01 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows) wrote: > > > Hmm. For "Athlon", the thl consonant combination occurs in such a way > > that the speaker can split the word into two syllables, "ath" and "lon", > > Yes, you can do that, but people typically don't. Not sure why. Strange. I wouldn't dream of doing it any other way. The "A-thlon" version seems extremely unlikely to me. MfG Kai - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/