I lived in England as a child and still remember the bizarre pronunciation:
"al YOU MIN ee um"

dave

Gnube wrote:

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:58:06 GMT, jo4hn wrote:



bay area dave wrote:

My misprounciation pet peeve is when folks say "axe" instead of "ask".
[snip]
Nucular for nuclear.

Oh please let's not go there - it hurts just to read it! ;O)

And as for what passes for aluminium in some places sigh

Take Care,
Gnube
{too thick for linux}