Lindy Mayfield wrote: >For me, "punched card" isn't quite as easy to pronounce as "punch card", but I >have some difficulties saying "iced tea". Perhaps "ice' tea" would be more a >more accurate representation.
That's really syncope<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncope_%28phonetics%29> (arguably apocope<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocope>, but since it's a compound word, I'd say syncope). And not worth debating, as such...folks understand you either way! -- ...phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
