> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David W. Fenton > Sent: 19 October 2006 05:32 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Finale] Re: [OT] Nucular [was:Finale eggcorn] > > > On 18 Oct 2006 at 19:59, Mark D Lew wrote: > > > For counter-example, the word > > envelope is pronounced like "on-velope" by roughly the same > percentage > > of Americans who say "nucular", but you rarely hear complaints about > > it. > > But the "nucular" pronunciation gets the letters in the wrong order, > while the "on-velope" is simply a holdover pronunciation from its > French origins (I would presume). > > There are no English pronunciation rules that I know of that treat > the reversal of the letter sounds as correct in any case. > > -- > David W. Fenton
None? I could reel off plenty for you if you want. Or are you dismissing all regional variations out-of-hand? _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
