Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 07:07:16 PST

From: "Jim Ague, ague[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]redrck.enet.dec.com, Col Spgs,

CO" ague[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GLDCMP.ENET.DEC.COM

Subject: Decision Making ProcessEEZ



What is this word, processEEZ?



I've heard of PROCESS and its plural PROCESSES. But every now and then I'll

hear a speaker say the final syllable of the plural with a long E. Is this

some dialect? Is this a real word? Is this some affectation? Are there

others?



-- Jim