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Jane Austen on MAGA American reading list 47.197.85.183 (talk) 00:22, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Austen pronounciation

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Hi, there currently is an argument on the fr:Jane_Austen page concerning pronounciation : should it be [ˈd͡ʒeɪn ˈɒstɪn], [ˈd͡ʒeɪn ˈɒstn], another solution ? Thanks for your advice.Environnement2100 (talk) 06:11, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hardly an argument. I have never heard anything other than [ˈd͡ʒeɪn ˈɒstɪn]. The pronunciation of listen, glisten etc. is irrelevant. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:04, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Moreover, the list of words supposedly analogous are not all pronounced the same way (cf. 'listen' no /t/ and and 'Boston' with /t/) and several do not even appear to exist. Imaginatorium (talk) 03:15, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jane Austen's age at death is wrong

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She died at the age of 31, not 41 as described in this wiki article. She was born on the 16th of Dec 1775 and died July of 1817, 31 years later. 82.14.141.214 (talk) 16:18, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

31 years after 16 December 1775 is 16 December 1806 to 15 December 1807. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:29, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]