Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of R A Brown
> > we'd have an "estate agent" advert "detailing" houses with
>
> Yes, over here they're just "estate agents"; we don't bother
> with 'real'
> and 'realtor' is not understood by many (most?) unless they have had
> some exposure to 'Merkan.'
Worse yet, "realtor" is often mispronounced with an extra syllable to "real-a-tor".
Sort of reminds me about when I lived in Westminster, which was often
pronounced "Westmin-i-ster".