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Re: OT: English -uice

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Sunday, August 6, 2006, 12:59
Actually, I just heard "bedroom suit" on a furniture ad here in metro
Atlanta, so it appears to be alive and well.  But I have also heard it
pronounced "suite", so the two pronunciations are currently in
competition around here.

On 8/5/06, Adam Walker <carrajena@...> wrote:
> --- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote: > and > > "suite" pronounced /sut/, a configuration of > > furniture (e.g. a > > "bedroom suite"). Somewhere along the way that last > > word began to be > > pronounced /swit/ also - presumably because it was > > always so in other > > parts of the country and the regional speech was > > moving toward > > conformity. > > > > -- > > Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> > > > Last I knew it was still pronounced /sut/ here in > Texas. > > Adam > > > 9 Debostu averuns judidu ul regu, vaderuns in al via, ed iñi! erad vidandu > sis al steja fi averuns spichudu in il ojindi, gata ad vinid ed pedizud subra > jundi fuid al credura. > 10 Vidindu al steja, niregoderuns rexundimindi. > > Machu 2:9-10 >
-- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>