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To: Rambi who wrote (1087)	4/5/1998 5:48:00 PM
From: Jack Clarke	Read Replies (1) of 4710

Penni, I did a lot of similar things. One of the problems with being an autodidact or a kid who's an avid reader without anyone to discuss things with, is that you can know and understand a word very well but mispronounce it just the same. The only one which comes to mind is "subtle" which I recall mispronouncing and thereby amusing some other people. I child of an acquaintance of mine named her dog BEE-thaw-ven, and it took several days for her mother to realize that the dog had been named after the famous composer. Jack

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