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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (79397)	12/2/2003 8:40:49 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Disgusting! bartleby.com "The word schism, which was originally spelled scisme in English, is traditionally pronounced (szm). However, in the 16th century the word was respelled with an initial sch in order to conform to its Latin and Greek forms. From this spelling arose the pronunciation (skzm). Long regarded as incorrect, it became so common in both British and American English that it gained acceptability as a standard variant. Evidence indicates, however, that it is now the preferred pronunciation, at least in American English. In a recent survey 61 percent of the Usage Panel indicated that they use (skzm), while 31 percent said they use (szm). A smaller number, 8 percent, preferred a third pronunciation, (shzm)."

To: Rambi who wrote (79397)	12/2/2003 9:14:10 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I was watching Judging Amy the other day. I mentioned that show a while back while discussing family court with Chris. As I recall, you're a Tyne Daly fan. Daly plays a very smart social worker and her daughter is a Harvard educated judge. The two women were discussing sending the child to private school and each of them commented how "disinterested" the kid was in public school. I wanted to scream. That was worse than Clay singing "If I was invisible." <g>