Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 19:09:29 -0800 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) Message-ID: <19981226190929.A9967@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <19981227112355.B12346@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 11:23:55AM %2B1030 References: <Your <4.1.19981224112052.05a31740@127.0.0.1> <4.1.19981224174155.03dd8670@127.0.0.1> <368378AB.969463E2@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981225181200.05a201b0@mail.lariat.org> <xzpg1a3mzhe.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <19981226131644.I12346@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981226104824.05822710@mail.lariat.org> <36854A89.B393D402@uk.radan.com> <19981227112355.B12346@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 11:23:55AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > Not really. How do you pronounce ``laboratory''. Four syllables, > right? The Americans stretch five out of it. Dropping vowels is more > common elsewhere (as in French). In my experience, the five-syllable pronunciation occurs only in horror films, describing the workplace of a mad scientist. In usual conversation, "laboratory" is reduced to one syllable. -- Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> * Science rules. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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