XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage   
   From: rh@rudhar.com   
      
   Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:08:29 +1000: Peter Moylan    
   scribeva:   
      
   >On 29/07/24 16:45, Ruud Harmsen wrote:   
   >> Sun, 28 Jul 2024 01:36:09 +0000: bertietaylor@myyahoo.com   
   >> (bertietaylor) scribeva:   
   >   
   >>> A teacher had for her pupil a refugee from the middle east who   
   >>> read two-oth-pass-tay and she puzzled what was that.   
   >>   
   >> I don't get it. What was it?   
   >   
   >There used to be a low-calorie Australian beer called Dietale. My uncles   
   >used to pronounce it as if it were an Italian word.   
      
   Yes, that was my first thought too. OK, diet-ale, of course.   
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