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Colin Rosenstiel · July 26th 03, 07:07 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Redonda) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article m,
(Paul Cummins) wrote:

In article
,
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

ISTR it's not uncommon in Scotland though I can only think of
place name examples off the top of my head. Given the spelling and
pronunciation of my (German origin) surname, I have taken a
slight interest in this rule.

Row-zen-sh-teal, shirley?

Not in the UK. -steel here.

And '-stile' in America.

Not so. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew all live there. The North
Americans seem to have fewer problems with the name than the British.

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Colin Rosenstiel