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It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY": Difference between revisions
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== Real Life - People ==
* Allegedly actress Jean Harlow was at dinner with Margot Asquith (wife of the UK Prime Minister at the time) and kept pronouncing her name with the "t". Eventually Asquith told her "No, Jean, the 'T' is silent, [[Stealth
* In England, the surname Berkley is pronounced B'''ar'''kley.
** Similarly, Derby is "Darby" (surname and <s> county</s> city. The county is Derbyshire (DAR-bee-shur)). And the word 'clerk' is "clark". There's something going on there.
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