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   Gleb Hlebov to Ardith Hinton   
   Re: Strange a bit   
   04 Oct 24 09:23:32   
   
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   Hi Ardith,   
      
   03.10.2024 3:58:10, Ardith Hinton   
    wrote:   
      
    AH>           I guess if I'd never seen your name written down &/or you   
    AH> asked me to approximate it phonetically I might spell it "A leg ZAN   
    AH> der".     
      
   There's only a slight difference. I believe this is because "Alexander"   
   is a Greek originated name which came into English via French, and the   
   French tend to pronounce "x" consonants mostly as [gz]. Russian   
   inherited it directly from Greek so we pronounce it the Greek way as   
   [ks].   
      
      
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