18 Nov
2020
18 Nov
'20
12:20 p.m.
> Most of us "merkens" haven't truly
mastered one language.
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
I was very surprised to discover a couple of years ago
that many in
the USA pronounce "squirrel" as "skwerl". My surprise was
subsequently
pushed to its limits when I discovered that the 'L' in 'solder' has
become silent and it is now commonly pronounced "sodder".
And the machines that Calcomp made (570, etc.) were called "plodders"
But yesterday, I discovered that the 'L' in
words such as "palm",
"balm" and "psalm" is _no longer_ silent and is actively pronounced
in
some regions of the US, and mere surprise was no longer adequate and I
was forced to resort to astonishment.
Nobody around here will use Worcestershire sauce, because they are
afraid to even try to pronounce it.
For a while, I lived near "Bawlmer" (Baltimore)
(The most significant landmark is the B R O M O S E L T Z E R clock - what
time is it when both hands are on 'O's?)
OB_ON_Topic: That was the origin of the Seequa Chameleon, the only
computer [that I know of] to come with 3.25" drives (that Dysan had bet
the company on. As part of that "bet", for a very brief time, all of the
most major software packages were available on 3.25" disks!)
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com