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How do you pronounce the "o" in the name "Boniface"? Like "o" in "home" or "o" in "hot"? Thanks!
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[nq:1]How do you pronounce the "o" in the name "Boniface"? Like "o" in "home" or "o" in "hot"? [/nq] I favour the latter if only on the basis that 'bony face' suggests an entirely different concept!
- [nq:1]How do you pronounce the "o" in the name "Boniface"?
- Like "o" in "home" or "o" in "hot"?
- [/nq] I favour the latter if only on the basis that 'bony face' suggests an entirely different concept!
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[nq:1]How do you pronounce the "o" in the name "Boniface"? Like "o" in "home" or "o" in "hot"? Thanks![/nq]
I favour the latter if only on the basis that 'bony face' suggests an entirely different concept!
I favour the latter if only on the basis that 'bony face' suggests an entirely different concept!
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[nq:2]How do you pronounce the "o" in the name "Boniface"? Like "o" in "home" or "o" in "hot"? Thanks![/nq]
[nq:1]I favour the latter if only on the basis that 'bony face' suggests an entirely different concept![/nq]
Yes. "Bonny" v "bony".
(Not that "Boni-" means beautiful, though I suspect that "good" is a beautiful virtue.)
[nq:1]I favour the latter if only on the basis that 'bony face' suggests an entirely different concept![/nq]
Yes. "Bonny" v "bony".
(Not that "Boni-" means beautiful, though I suspect that "good" is a beautiful virtue.)
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[nq:1]How do you pronounce the "o" in the name "Boniface"? Like "o" in "home" or "o" in "hot"? Thanks![/nq]
There are plenty of churches in England named after St Boniface, and a number of streets, and a college in Plymouth, that I know of, and they are all pronounced with the 'o' sounding like the 'o' in 'hot'.
There are plenty of churches in England named after St Boniface, and a number of streets, and a college in Plymouth, that I know of, and they are all pronounced with the 'o' sounding like the 'o' in 'hot'.
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[nq:2]How do you pronounce the "o" in the name "Boniface"? Like "o" in "home" or "o" in "hot"? Thanks![/nq]
[nq:1]I favour the latter if only on the basis that 'bony face' suggests an entirely different concept![/nq]
There are plenty of churches in England named after St Boniface, and a number of streets, and a college in Plymouth, that I know of, and they are all pronounced with the 'o' s
[nq:1]I favour the latter if only on the basis that 'bony face' suggests an entirely different concept![/nq]
There are plenty of churches in England named after St Boniface, and a number of streets, and a college in Plymouth, that I know of, and they are all pronounced with the 'o' s
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[nq:1]How do you pronounce the "o" in the name "Boniface"? Like "o" in "home" or "o" in "hot"? Thanks![/nq]
afair, I always say "bonny-fass"
Adrian
afair, I always say "bonny-fass"
Adrian
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[nq:2]How do you pronounce the "o" in the name "Boniface"? Like "o" in "home" or "o" in "hot"? Thanks![/nq]
[nq:1]I favour the latter if only on the basis that 'bony face' suggests an entirely different concept![/nq]
There are plenty of churches in England named after St Boniface, and a number of streets, and a college in Plymouth, that I know of, and they are all pronounced with the 'o' s
[nq:1]I favour the latter if only on the basis that 'bony face' suggests an entirely different concept![/nq]
There are plenty of churches in England named after St Boniface, and a number of streets, and a college in Plymouth, that I know of, and they are all pronounced with the 'o' s
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