From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Dec 26 19:09:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA00695 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 19:09:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wopr.caltech.edu (wopr.caltech.edu [131.215.240.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA00690 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 19:09:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mph@wopr.caltech.edu) Received: (from mph@localhost) by wopr.caltech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id TAA10016; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 19:09:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mph) Message-ID: <19981226190929.A9967@wopr.caltech.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 19:09:29 -0800 From: Matthew Hunt To: Greg Lehey Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) References: <4.1.19981224174155.03dd8670@127.0.0.1> <368378AB.969463E2@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981225181200.05a201b0@mail.lariat.org> <19981226131644.I12346@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981226104824.05822710@mail.lariat.org> <36854A89.B393D402@uk.radan.com> <19981227112355.B12346@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19981227112355.B12346@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 11:23:55AM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 * 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