[HPFGU-OTChatter] Pronunciation Police! (was Re: Spelling Police)

[ender_w]

After teaching in a country school, I've learned that grammar is not as important as I once thought it was.
And speaking of pronunciations, Haggridd, having a passing familiarity with Welsh spellings, every time i see your screen name, my mind pronounces it "Hagrith."

ender
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Haggridd 
  To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 5:00 PM
  Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Pronunciation Police! (was Re: Spelling Police)


  --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote: 
                                                                        
    but anyway, dictionaries aren't dictated by God--they're put 
  > together by a bunch of linguists who look at all the ways people 
  > pronounce a word and then say "I don't care if 40% of Americans 
  > say 'nucular,' it's intolerable."
  > 
  > Amy Z

  How about "joolery" for jewelry?
  And let us not even begin with a "Grammar Police!" rant!

  Haggridd


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