[78-L] Deep Ellum Blues

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: <bradc944 at comcast.net>
> ...  reminds me of a middle school teacher I had.  She was older, and 
> spoke the same way.  Was always a hoot wen she announced that the class 
> would be watching a 'Strip fill-em' that period... (of course meaning we 
> were 'treated' to a filmstrip.  Yawn.)
>
Yup...that "L-M" ending, on MOST cases, was NOT pronounced as though it were
a diphthong (which it is...!). Thus, we hear "fill-um," and "ell-um"...the 
creators of the
"English" language eventually resolved that problem by adding an essentially 
useless
"N" to words such as "COLUMN" which all but cries out to be pronounced as
"COLL-UM!"

BTW...are there any words(in English) which end with "L-M" which should be
pronounced with the "L-M" ending...?!

...stevenc