Re: Rhys Ifans! Welsh fans, another pronunciation pop question

Ray Brown scripsit:

> We this side of the Pond would just assume /'ajfAnz/ was an Americanism
> similar to the way we've heard _Iraq_ pronounced "I wrack" and _Iran_
> pronounced "I ran" in newsreels      :)
I have heard the theory expressed that these mispronunciations began as
deliberate insults, like [ai't&lj@n] for "Italian", and have spread.

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