Stephen Hope wrote: > Maybe where you come from, they write it that way. Not near me they > don't. And seeing as it is an English transliteration of a foreign > language term, don't expect consistency in spelling. I've lived in
Where is 'near me', then? > countries were it is pronounced hah-lahl, I've also lived were it is > pronounced hahl-lahl, with a definite double L sound. And we never have differences between pronunciation and written words? Right, guv'ner. http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/halal?view=uk http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=35278&dict=CALD http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halal http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/halal -- Lennard _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
