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From: duncan@rti.rti.org (Stephen Duncan)
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Subject: Re: History of WWI
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Date: 12 May 89 02:47:29 GMT
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From: Stephen Duncan <duncan@rti.rti.org>
In article <6464@cbnews.ATT.COM> you write:
>
>BTW, perhaps someone can tell me:  how is "Liddell" pronounced ?  Is it:
>
>a) Lid'-ul  (as in "little")
>b) Lid-ell' 
>and is the "i" long, short, or schwa ?
>
>- Bill ]

I believe it's pronounced to rhyme with "fiddle", and that he's a relative
of one Alice Liddell, made famous by Lewis Carroll.  But I could be wrong.

Steve Duncan
duncan@rti.rti.org