Re: Powers that be were Re: Newbie says hi

Tristan scripsit:

> Quhile?
The old Scots form of "while", probably pronounced /xwail/.

> On the word 'stoopit', I guess that's an American way of making 'stupid'
> stupid, because they can't just do 'stoopid' because that's the normal
> pronunciation? The word seems to have essentially become 'stoopid'
> /stu;p@d/ here all the time, even though 'student' is still /stSu;d@nt/.
Umm, I actually saw "stoopit" first in a list posting by an Australian.
But certainly /stupId/ is the normal American pronunciation.

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