At 09:52 AM 10/22/98 -0500, Peter J. Schoenster so eloquently stated:
>On 22 Oct 98, at 9:33, Brett Lorenzen wrote:
>
>> Having been corrected myself many times for taking an "american" slant on
>> the pronunciation (lie-nuks), I can attest that you get brownie points for
>> recognizing that in Finland, the name is pronounced Lin-us (not Lie-nus as
>> anglos and Charles Schultz fans pronounce it :), and hence Lin-ucks by
>> derivation.
>
>Odd, I am American but I have always pronounced it :
>
>Lin-ucks
>
>This reminds of the SQL debate. I recall my brother-in-law talking
>about SEQUEL and I wasn't too sure what he was talking about. My
>first inclination was to pronounce it as ESS QUE ELL. I do believe I
>am "right" in my inclination.
>
>I am curious about other words that a lot of people are introduced to
>via reading and thus begin to pronounce as they see fit.
>
Just this week I had one. For over 30 years whenever I finished
a project in the house, I would take my wife and kids on a
"walla" tour -- show them the results with a big flair and a
"walla." Just learned the spelling is Voila <g> And who says TV
commercials don't work ;-).
Then there is tomato (so the song goes).
George
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