Earl Brunner on wed 5 mar 03
I had to laugh when I read this. It brought to mind a time back in the
early 70's when I was in England for a while. I got into an argument
with someone over the pronunciation of aluminum. They were calling it
aluminium. Boy was I flustered when they brought out the dictionary.
(Appropriately English of course)
And the word schedule, pronounced ssshhhedule, and school pronounced
skool? What is that all about?
Vince Pitelka wrote:
I guess we have to live with that, just
> like we have to live with the reality of so many otherwise intelligent
> people pronouncing the word "nuclear" like "nucular." How can anyone do
> that????
> Best wishes -
> - Vince
>
Gail Dapogny on thu 6 mar 03
>I had to laugh when I read this. It brought to mind a time back in the
>early 70's when I was in England for a while. I got into an argument
>with someone over the pronunciation of aluminum. They were calling it
>aluminium. Boy was I flustered when they brought out the dictionary.
>(Appropriately English of course)
>And the word schedule, pronounced ssshhhedule, and school pronounced
>skool? What is that all about?
>
>Vince Pitelka wrote:
>I guess we have to live with that, just
>> like we have to live with the reality of so many otherwise intelligent
>> people pronouncing the word "nuclear" like "nucular." How can anyone do
>> that????
Well, I guess we'll just have to make the pie higher.
---Gail in Ann Arbor
Charles Moore on thu 6 mar 03
Our National Public Radio station features a British newscast each
afternoon. It's great to hear a different point of view. But I must admit
that each time I hear CON-troversy pronounced conTRURversy, I have to
remember to translate.
Charles
Sacramento
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From: "Gail Dapogny"
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> >I had to laugh when I read this. It brought to mind a time back in the
> >early 70's when I was in England for a while. I got into an argument
> >with someone over the pronunciation of aluminum. They were calling it
> >aluminium. Boy was I flustered when they brought out the dictionary.
> >(Appropriately English of course)
> >And the word schedule, pronounced ssshhhedule, and school pronounced
> >skool? What is that all about?
> >
> >Vince Pitelka wrote:
> >I guess we have to live with that, just
> >> like we have to live with the reality of so many otherwise intelligent
> >> people pronouncing the word "nuclear" like "nucular." How can anyone
do
> >> that????
>
>
> Well, I guess we'll just have to make the pie higher.
> ---Gail in Ann Arbor
>
>
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Janet Kaiser on fri 7 mar 03
Egad, Charles...
You need to wash your ears out...
con-trov-ersy or con-tro-versy three syllables only. equal emphasis on
each. Don't mix the regional cadences (of the language) with the
pronunciation!
Sincerely
Janet
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>Our National Public Radio station features a British newscast each
>afternoon. It's great to hear a different point of view. But I must
admit
>that each time I hear CON-troversy pronounced conTRURversy, I have to
>remember to translate.
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John Rodgers on sun 9 mar 03
Well, I've friends from Maine who never park their car......they paahk
the car. And I've heard tell folk from the Cheasapeake Bay area don't
live in a house, instead they live in a "hoose"! And in this area in
Alabama no one goes anywhere unless they "go on the car"!
John Rodgers
Birmingham, AL
Earl Brunner wrote:
> I had to laugh when I read this. It brought to mind a time back in the
> early 70's when I was in England for a while. I got into an argument
> with someone over the pronunciation of aluminum. They were calling it
> aluminium. Boy was I flustered when they brought out the dictionary.
> (Appropriately English of course)
> And the word schedule, pronounced ssshhhedule, and school pronounced
> skool? What is that all about?
>
> Vince Pitelka wrote:
> I guess we have to live with that, just
>
>> like we have to live with the reality of so many otherwise intelligent
>> people pronouncing the word "nuclear" like "nucular." How can anyone do
>> that????
>> Best wishes -
>> - Vince
>>
>
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