All of you know that I'm not English, not American and definitely NOT Canadian. I'm still learning English. In fact, because of that I have an advantage of memory freshness to the task.
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Originally Posted by goodellboy
Pronunciation.
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This is how I'm told it should be spelled.
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
do they come in pairs ?
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The word pair is unvariable, always single.
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
And yet again ....  |
Don't do that to yourself, I like you unscathed.
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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
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My fave weird way to pronounce a name is "St. John" .... here we say the actual words as in "Saint John" ... across the pond, they say "Sinjun" sort of all mushed together. ...  |
That pronunciation cracks me up too. The first time I heard it without comprehending I felt totally bewildered.