Comparing 2 similar strings?

[Steve Holden]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2005 20:03:53 -0500, Ed Morton <morton at lsupcaemnt.com>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
> 
> 
> 
>>Fantastic test data set. I know how to pronounce McPherson but I'd never 
>>have guessed that Mousaferiadis sounds like it. I suppose non-Celts 
>>probably wouldn't be able to guess how Dalziell, Drumnadrochit, Culzean, 
>>Ceilidh, or Concobarh are pronounced either.
>>
> 
> 	Since "soundex" is initial letter (consonant?) and a code for
> the next three syllables (or close to it), really long multi-syllabic
> names are effectively truncated...
> 
> 	Howe'er... When Maire Brennan releases an album as "Moya",
> following sister's "Enya" (Eithne, as I seem to recall reading)... I'd
> not attempt to pronounce most of the names you supply... "Dalziell"
> doesn't look Celtic... "Culzean" almost looks Aztec/Mayan... "Ceilidh"
> => kay-lee?
> 
> 	Okay, I think I can manage bain sidhe and uisge (after too much
> of the latter, I'll be seeing the former)
> 
Well, as an Englishman who has spent a good deal of time in Scotland I'd 
essay the following. If there are any Scots reading they can chastise me 
with glee for my presumption.

Dalziell:		"Da'y yell"
Drumnadrochit:		"Dru'mnadro'ckit"
			(but the Scots would insist you use
			a gutteral for the "ch", I'm not sure
			how to render that phonetically. It's
			a bit like the sound made before spitting,
			or the "G" in Guido in Dutch :-).
Culzean:		"Ka La'ne"
Ceilidh:		"Ca'yli" (once had a border collie called
			Ceilidh).
Concobarh:		(is this the same as 'Conchobar'?)
			Co'nnahwar

promoting-scottish-english-unity-ly y'rs  - steve
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