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Re: Grammar



On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Holger Dansk wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:49:13 -0600, toto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:48:04 -0800, "Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion
> >in lieu of the frontal attack )"  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>Eric da Red wrote:
> >>>
> >>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >>> Holger Dansk  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> >On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:06:04 -0500, Bob LeChevalier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> >wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >>You apparently are unaware of the range of variation of English in the
> >>> >>entire world.
> >>> >
> >>> >We are talking about the way English is spoken by Americans in the
> >>> >entire world.
> >>>
> >>> Americans don't even speak English the same way within America.
> >>>
> >>> >Wake up.
> >>>
> >>> Turn up your hearing aid.
> >>>
> >>Then he might hear!
> >
> >Yes, but since he doesn't listen, it wouldn't matter what he heard.
>
> Read a dictionary anywhere in the United States and it will give you the
> correct pronunciation.
>

Yes, try this one:

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=aunt

Notice there are TWO "correct" pronounciations.






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