keith helgesen wrote:
I saw a newspaper(Ausie!)headline recently- *New Orleans batons down the hatches* Gawd- I hate that!!
That's because down there, the pronunciation of the city Baton Rouge makes the first word rhyme with "batten." People often resort to spelling less familiar words the same as they spell more familiar words.
It does make for an interesting evolution to the English language. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
