>
>There's a discussion going on in one of my classes on the pronunciation of
>"buttons" (the "terminal" neuron kind, not the ones on a jacket). Some
>have
>been taught to pronounce it to sound like "boot-ONS" with accent on "ons,"
>while others the same as the clothing item. (I was taught the clothing
>pronunciation.) The students who pronounced it boot-ONS weren't French, so
>I ruled that out.
>
>Anyone taught it the boot-ON way? If there's any interest, please respond
>offlist and I'll compile the figures.
>
>
I was taught "boot-ons" in graduate school which i gound funny because in
Italian the pronunciation refers to a whore.
Rip Pisacreta, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology,
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI 49307
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