[78-L] Deep Ellum Blues^

[David Lennick]

I seen a fillum in the thee-AY-ter.

dl

Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> 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
> 
> *******
> 
> 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^
>>
>>
>>   
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> *******
>>>
>>> Yes, "nooz" instedda "neews." Uck.
>>> But what really drives me nuts is Wed-nes-day!
>>> Wensday?
>>> M
>>>