There's not much difference between the UK and US on that one - most people
here would say "kill -OMM- ittah".
Another favourite is "Skeleton" which, some how, becomes "Skellington".
Thanks for the different view points on "mirror" by the way - seems that one is
a US thing (ie differences therein) rather than just a US/UK difference such as
route (root, rahwt) would be.> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:40914] Re: Alternate meaning of the word "metric" or its plural
"metrics"> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 19:03:55 -0700> > We must move in different
circles. All the people I know pronounce mirror as> the British do. (The accent
is slightly different, of course.)> > I have heard people (not among my
friends) who pronounce nuclear as Bush> does (nukuler). Ugh. One of my pet
peeves is processes, which should rhyme> with mistresses. So many people
pronounce it processeez, as though it were> the Greek plural of the
non-existent processis. I even knew someone, some> years ago, who pronounced it
prosseez.> > Another otherwise intelligent person (Canadian, in this case)
would> pronounce databases databaseez, as though it were the plural of
databasis,> rather than of database. Funnily enough, he was the CEO of a
business that> offered database solutions.> > I used to write these things
down, with a book in mind. Maybe I'll resume> that process.> > My main metric
pet peeve is, of course, kilOMMeter, rather than kilohmeter.> I wonder if the
people who say kilOMMeter measure short objects and> distances in milLIMMeters.
Maybe they weigh themselves in kilOGGrums. > > Bill>
________________________________> Bill Potts> Roseville, CA> http://metric1.org
[SI Navigator] > > > -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf> Of Ziser, Jesse> Sent: Tuesday, May 13,
2008 17:53> To: U.S. Metric Association> Subject: [USMA:40913] Re: Alternate
meaning of the word "metric" or its> plural "metrics"> > > --- Stephen
Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > > > [snip]> > > legitimize it the
same way they did with the mispronunciations of > > > "February">
(feb-YOO-ary)> > and "nuclear" (NOOK-yoo-lar).> > (If I live to be a thousand,
I will never> say "NOOK-yoo-lar,"> > no many how many> scholars say it and
point confidently to a > > dictionary.)>> > > > You might be able to help me
out.> > Often, when I watch US shows like '24' and 'Lost', I hear what I > >
believe is a weird way of saying 'mirror'> > > > Am I right in that some
Americans pronounce this as "mee your" instead > > of "mih-rur"? Part of me
says I've mis-heard it but it's happened too> often!> > I think the customary
pronunciation here is something like "mee-rur", though> if you've ever listened
to Bush speak about the "war on tear", you know some> Americans have trouble
with the "rur" syllable. Could that explain it?> > > > >
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