Re: Litre, liter (was Re: OT Marx Brothers)

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From: "Joe Fatula" <fatula3@...>
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Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: Litre, liter (was Re: OT Marx Brothers)


> From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
> Subject: Re: Litre, liter (was Re: OT Marx Brothers)
>
>
> > But the first time I ran across "gaol" - in a British novel
> > I read  in college - I had absolutely no idea what it was.
> > Even after reading enough context to determine that it referred
> > to some sort of prison, it just never occurred to me that it could
> > be an alternate spelling of "jail".  I mean, it so clearly must be
> > pronounced "gay-ole", or perhaps "gowl" (rhyming with "fowl").  I
> > just assumed it was some sort of foreign borrowing akin to "gulag".
>
> It's not /g&ul/???  How's it pronounced?
>
Are you kidding?  I can't tell...damn internet...

In any case, it's pronounced the same as jail.