[78-L] Deep Ellum Blues^

[Malcolm Rockwell]

We won't even get into nuclear as "nu-cle-ar" (this one's correct) and 
"nu-clear" or "nu-cu-ler".
I like nuculer, myself.
Not!
M

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martha wrote:
> nooz is fine, according to the dictionary and most people I've ever heard. So is 
> pomm.
> 'nee-ooz' sounds like an affectation to me, unless the speaker is not US American.
>
> My family came from "CarNAYgie", PA,  where "fill-um" was the norm! Always 
> "automobile", too - never "car".
>
> And why do both the outgoing & incoming Presidents have trouble with 'z' at the end 
> of words? Usually they use "sss" : jobsss , ideasss, etc.  That and dumbin' down the 
> endin' to most "-ing" wordsss shouldn't be done by people from Ivy League colleges. 
> Collegesss, pardon me.  :)
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Malcolm Rockwell" <malcolm at 78data.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Deep Ellum Blues^
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>   
>> Dnjchi at aol.com wrote:
>>     
>>> In a message dated 1/1/2009 11:11:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>> banjobud at cfl.rr.com writes:
>>>
>>> Hey, I  dunno about you, but I pronounce the "L" in calm, palm and balm.   I
>>> don't say "comm, pomm or bomm.  But then I spent a few years as a  radio
>>> announcer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Doesn't always help.  There's a newscaster on NPR radio that  repeatedly says
>>> "NPR Nooz."
>>> Don Chichester
>>>
>>>       
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>>
>> Yes, "nooz" instedda "neews." Uck.
>> But what really drives me nuts is Wed-nes-day!
>> Wensday?
>> M
>>     
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