Tristan McLeay:
> What's a Picard manoeuvre[1]?
> [1]: Just a question about the American spelling of that word. Had
> /nj/ > /n/ already happened by the time American spellings were
> redone?
> 'maneuver' really suggests /m{nj@v@(r)/ as it's pronunciation. (cf.
> e.g. 'euphemism'.)
Hmmm... I've got (here in the States) /m@nuv@r/. Initial "eu" is
usually /ju/.
neutrino /nutrino/
neutral /nutr@l/
deuce /dus/
leukocyte /lukosait/
vs.
feud /fjud/
heuristic /hjurIstIk/
but I also have new /nju/ ...
-Tone