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   Lister to All   
   Re: Smeg!   
   19 Jan 08 16:01:16   
   
   From: fache@SPAMclara.net   
      
   On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:16:13 -0000, "Col"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Gavin"  wrote in message   
   >news:1504p3hmtb7uo02agh3p66rv8r1rq3eoet@4ax.com...   
   >> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:26:06 +0000, Max  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>"Eye wun won".   
   >>   
   >> This made me think about "tongue". Why do some people (maybe most   
   >> people for all I know) pronounce it "Tung"? I pronounce it "Tong".   
   >   
   >I certainly pronounce it 'tung'.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> But then I pronounce the weight measurement "tonn" as "tun".   
   >   
   >Yup, same here.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Oh, the wacky world of English.   
   >   
   >   
   >Indeed.   
   >   
      
      
   Col, you're double posting again, stop it!   
      
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