Re: Langmaker down since January?

Heh.  That might reinforce via back-formation the non-standard
pronunciation of "chassis" as /tS&sIs/....



On 6/9/08, Eugene Oh <un.doing@...> wrote:
> Why not "chasses"? (:
> Eugene
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
>> wrote:
>> >> And then there's "chassis", whose pronunciation changes in the plural
>> >> even though the spelling doesn't...  gaaah.
>> >
>> > I think it's the same in German.
>>
>> Not sure why the audible-but-invisible inflection bothers me in the
>> case of "chassis" but not in the case of "read".
>>
>> But it does!    I propose that we spell the plural "chassises" henceforth.
>> :)
>>
>> --
>> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
>>
>
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