At 3:15 PM -0400 07/9/2000, Chad Cooper wrote:
>I was recently visited by some software developers from Toronto. I am in
>Portland, Oregon. We kept arguing about how to properly pronounce "Process"
>and "Expire". They(the Canadians)
>pronouce them as "pro'sess"(long O) and "X'piR'EE (long i,no silent e). It
>sounds VERY evil!
>
>That just kinda freaks me out. Any ideas out there on how to get along with
>these Canadian devils that invade us from time to time.
LOL How about just pronouncing things differently and appreciating the
differences between you? *grin*
Then again, last night a friend of mine lectured me that, yes, indeed, I do
say "out" differently from Americans, and after a bit of talking about it,
convinced me it was true. But she had to really work to convince me. :)
