> Re: Chimeriades convention: Glorantha news
> Posted by: "bryan_thx" bethexton_at_ST4OgqNenFwcmyaJy616Y-7OpjXCASFa2336LENInk-RwLuOlWwWa6c_twc7j_tpQUBfjZM4xgE2.yahoo.invalid bryan_thx
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> > PS: Despite what is written, Buoux is pronounced Biou ;)
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> > /// Which, to you anglo-saxon furriners, must sound something like "Biew" with a short "ew". So welcome to Castle Biew.
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> True, most of us anglo-saxon types have trouble with the distinctions between some of the french vowels.... in practice, when I lived in Paris years ago I had trouble telling if someone had gone north, east, or west for their weekend getaway (Reims, Rennes, or Rouen...
> the last consonant is rarely fully pronounced in any of them from what I can tell....I keep meaning to add this into a Gloranthan adventure some day)
Most of us latin types have trouble with the distinctions between some
of the french vowels too. That's just our French neighbours being
weird :P.
Regards,
-Sergi Díaz