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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I always pthought that a bit of pforeign accent is
exotic. :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>yael *who really dreads the moments somebody finds
out how she pronounces 'paradigm'*</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT>Joy: I still have no idea how you guys who aren't native English
speakers get<BR>along so well. For years I thought chic was pronounced
chick. <blushes> It<BR>comes from reading a lot. The people
I hang out with don't actually use the<BR>words I read, so it's hard to get a
handle on how to pronounce them."<BR><BR>> > And what about foreigners
who mispronounce because they only know the<BR>> > word in written
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