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Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"? Are you all Cockneys in disguise? Also do you get the 'H' sound using a 'J' like the Spanish with Jalepeno. I have a team in Mexico and they say "Je je je" when they mean to laugh ie he he he
**According to British Newsreaders in the last few days.
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its interesting - Im not a native speaker of any other language than English (and even then, after a drop alcohol ....)
I'm not sure if the 'H' in 'Holland' is completely silent - I know there's a definate French pronunciation of the 'o' that may obscure the softer 'H'
.. as for Spanish - yes, one quickly learns that 'j' sounds like 'h', 'll' sounds like 'y' etc, but I dont get the reverse you imply
to me its all 'potato'/potAto etc - I can mostly make myself understood, and tend to go with the local lingo of wherever I am/whom-ever I am with
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PompeyThree wrote: Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"?
Should be obvious for everyone:
French people don't use English pronunciation to speak French 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Très inconsidérée.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Mais oui! C'est vrai! But English people don't shouldn't use English pronunciation to speak French either.
Which is why it wouldn't be pronounced Holland even if the H was sounded. The final 'e' requires the lengthened vowel in the second syllable. And also why it's a really bad idea to tell the waiter in a French restaurant that you were there because the Hote cuisine was Highly recommended.
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From what I know, both English and French are not phonetic, and therefore, WYRINHYS*.
* What You Read Is Not How You Speak
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Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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The same reason that mercans pronounce 'herbs' as '<glottal stop>erbs'.
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Now that's just cruel!
Surely the dog has better things to do with his day!
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Which reminds me of a question that's been bugging me for awhile, who cleans up Guide Dogs poo?
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They're specially trained to clean up after themselves.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I guess they're not trained by politicians then?
New version: WinHeist Version You didn't fall from the stupid tree you got dragged through the whole dumbass forest.
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Nah... Dogs eat it, politicians talk it...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Seriously? They are trained to do that? 
(The dog, not the politician)
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Outta sight outta mind?
New version: WinHeist Version You didn't fall from the stupid tree you got dragged through the whole dumbass forest.
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Nobody! In UK, registered blind persons are exempt from dog fouling laws.
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Do want my arms? I don't need them.
(Context was monitor arms.)
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An arms race, obviously.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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We have the budget to do this project correctly!
Take your time and do it right!
What would this company do without you!
[forehead slap]
What the hell was I thinking?
New version: WinHeist Version You didn't fall from the stupid tree you got dragged through the whole dumbass forest.
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"Quality is more important than time."
(True quote. No evidence the person means it.)
modified 18-Nov-15 15:45pm.
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It's been coming for a while but it's awesome seeing a phone plugged into a monitor running Windows 10.
Your phone is now your PC.
Let's wait for Apple to take the credit for killing PC sales even though Tim's specifically said he doesn't see that anyone's looking for a converged tablet and Mac.
Sorry, Tim, but this is frigging awesome and I can't wait to have my PC be a tablet and phone.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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That is the future. PC/Phone/Tablet convergence with external monitor.  
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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