Vowels [was Re: "monty" < "python"]
David H Wild
dhwild at talktalk.net
Thu Mar 21 05:36:20 EDT 2013
In article <MNydnWm7B9i5NdfMnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d at giganews.com>, Larry Hudson
<orgnut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The word "apron" was originally "napron", and over the years the phrase
> "a napron" mutated to "an apron". So that became the accepted word.
Similarly, the snake was a nadder - congruent with the natterjack toad.
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