[HPFGU-OTChatter] Leotards and leopards (Herb (Was Re: Harry and Hairy - The Difference.)

[P. Alexis Nguyen]

>  I actually almost wrote it as LEE-oh-tard and then I said it to
>  myself over and over and went with the 'uh.' So LEE-oh-tard sounds
>  right to me too.
>
>  -m

Hm. I also say LEI-oh-tard about half the time. Am I pronouncing it
wrong? I'd love to know, but as Carol has already mentioned,
dictionary are rarely helpful these days.

All this discussion makes me think of Chinese.  If you think regional
variations on English is big, you ought to try discerning the
different Chinese dialects and accents, all with similar, if not the
exact, same writing! Of course, the reason for this is somewhat
different from the way English developed, but that's a whole 'nother
kettle 'o fish. :)

~Ali