From: dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au   
      
   Xam wrote:   
   > Daniel wrote:   
   >> Xam wrote:   
   >>> Starbugaboo wrote:   
   >>>> Steve B wrote:   
   >>>>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:15:28 -0000, "Hercule Platini"   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>    
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> alt.lets.piss.off.red-dwarf.fans   
   >>>>> We were just talking about all the ATVRD variants the other day...  I   
   >>>>> don't remember seeing this one.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Don't you mean "this won"?   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I can see that I'll never live that wone down! (-:   
   >>> Maybe I should have emphasized the Woune.   
   >>> W-oon, There is no way my Aussie phonetics are going to translate   
   >>> into UK phonetics.  One and won are pronounced the same all over Oz.   
   >>> But how would you spell the Aussie way phonetically?   
   >>>   
   >>> I know, I could confuse the matter even further!  My better half   
   >>> pronounces chimney with an "L" in the middle, where the "N" should   
   >>> be. Do any of you "prisoners on mother England" do the same? (-;   
   >>   
   >> When I was teaching, I often pronounced the word "ratio" as "ray-C-o"   
   >> because it really annoyed me that others would pronounce "ratio" as   
   >> "ray-show"!   
   >>   
   >> Daniel   
   >>   
   >   
   > And I always thought it was pronounced ray-she-oh. :-)   
   >   
   > Another one that gets me is the way some people pronounce the word   
   > "pronunciation", like pro-nounc-iation.  Even some TV news presenters   
   > say it that way.   
   >   
   > And don't get me started on people who put "actually" at both ends of a   
   > sentence! (-:   
   >   
   > =Xam   
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   "pro-nounc-iation" .... is that for people who are pro-kiddyporn,   
   they're called nounc's aren't they??   
      
   Daniel   
      
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