> <music plays....>
>
> You say tomAto...
> I say tomAHto...
>
> Oh, let's call the whole thing off!
>
> (Irving Berlin, I think...)

Probably.  Modern US pronunciation is said to be much closer to Shakespeare's English 
than
modern UK pronunciation - the plummy-mouthed Germans we currently have in our palaces 
are
largely to blame.

But back on track - anyone seen
http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20030806-000702-0615 and
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5060463.html ?

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