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To: Justin C who wrote (59723)4/19/2001 9:34:39 AM
From: Poet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
Wooo! You got that right about "real-i-tor". It's right up there with "nucular" in my book. I get the nails-on-a-blackboard heebie-jeebies just hearing it.

Here's another regional one: aunt.

I say "ahhhhhnt", like most Yankees. How about you?



To: Justin C who wrote (59723)4/19/2001 4:17:28 PM
From: DScottD  Respond to of 71178
 
The one that used to drive me nuts was our high school basketball coach who would review the most recent game "stastistics".



To: Justin C who wrote (59723)4/23/2001 1:23:18 AM
From: nihil  Respond to of 71178
 
Actually, "rooves" is acceptable, even preferable to purists who rely on legitimate etymologies. Roof is derived from the old Saxon root "krapo-"meaning "roof." Roofs is a verb. It is common in E. to pluralize nouns ending in f by subs. -ves, hoof hooves (alt.) (kapho), wolf wolves (wlkwo), beef beeves, (gwou).....


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