At 10/18/2006 02:25 PM, dhbailey wrote: >Phil Daley wrote: >> At 10/18/2006 01:57 PM, dhbailey wrote: >> >> >Probably not anymore than people who say gren-ich instead of green-wich >> >say they're wearing a gren sweater instead of green sweater. >> >> Except that gren-ich is correct and gren sweater is wrong. >> >> You probably say East-Ham instead of Eastim. >> > >But gren-ich didn't USED to be correct -- the name started out as >GREEN-wich, and usage perverted it to gren-wich. Just as usage is >perverting nu-klee-ar to nucular. > >Actually I don't say either but I have heard British soccer announcers >say "East-Ham United." Or may it was a spoof of British soccer >announcers on Monty Python.
Eastham is on Cape Cod. Right next to Chatham, pronounced Chatim. Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
