RE: Xalan pronunciation

I try to pronounce it the same way as the developers, but my attempts at an
American accent usually bring the house down.

Michael Kay 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Williams [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 09 September 2004 14:47
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Xalan pronunciation
> 
> XANADU (and most words beginning with XA) are pronounced ZAH 
> (rhymes with
> Car) rather than Zay (rhymes with hay).
> 
> However, I for no particular reason had always assumed XALAN 
> was pronounced
> Zaylan rather than Zahlan just because the softer 
> pronounciation sounds
> better when it is proceeded with an L.  However, there is no 
> word Xalan in
> the English language (as far as I am aware) and I would have thought
> pronounciation was therefore up for grabs
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Carlisle" <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re:  Xalan pronunciation
> 
> 
> >
> > Of course old timers pronounce it lo-tus-ex-es-ell, does that help?
> >
> > David
> >
> > 
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