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Re: CHAT: English is SO HARD, even the English can't speak it

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, July 5, 2007, 12:48
On 7/5/07, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> > I have been known to refer to a certain > singer as Tuna Teener.
I should perhaps point out that I pronounce the word "tuna" without the onglide: /'tun@/, not /'tjun@/. It's still kind of odd, since a simple transposition would yield "Turna Teener" with /t@`r\n@/ for the first word. As with our 32nd Presidenr Well, besides the obvious typo, I seem to have miscounted;Hoover was the 31st. Who'd I miss? Lessee. W is 43, so Clinton was 42, Bush Sr 41, Reagan 40, Carter 39, Ford 38, Nixon 37, Johnson 36, Kennedy 35, Eisenhower 34, Truman! How could I forget Truman? FDR died in office, and it's not like Eisenhower was his VP. *sigh* -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>