[Shotimes] Re: OT SOTU drinking game

[John Ribble]

One of my pet peeves is people saying "artic" (actually, my dictionary
lists that as an accepted pronunciation, probably because of widespread
use).  But what REALLY pissed me off is when I saw several years ago a
new beer from Coors called "Artic Ice"! (HA--I got this OT around to
beer!)

Frank Whittle
'95 ATX


> From: "James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net>
> To: "'Michael S Wojton'" <Mike.Wojton@owens-ill.com>,
>   <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT  SOTU drinking
> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:31:33 -0500
> 
> Michael S Wojton wrote:
> > Some people just get hooked on pronouncing a word incorrectly.
> 
> My 7th grade CHEMISTRY teacher used to say "nuculus"!!!!!!!!!!!!  Pissed
> me off to no end 22 years ago and it still pisses me off today.
> 
> Another one that seems to have permeated the lexicon of plumbers,
> carpenters, and others of that ilk is the mispronunciation of the word
> "height".
> 
> Phonetically:  correct - 'hite'
>                    plumber language(incorrect) - 'hithe'
> 
> Now, being an engineer I'm certainly one for uniformity and consistency,
> but the 3 dimensions are:  lengTH, widTH, and height.  Not HEIGTH
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> I've been living down here in TX for the last month and these Texans
> speak some other language - it's close to English but not really.  :^)
> 
> Jim Ryan
> '91+ white/mocha LOTS of mods
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