Date:  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 13:31:13 -0500
From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>
Subject: Re: WOTY

>On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Wayne Glowka wrote:
>> >Wayne, wasn't the winner "(hyphen)mom"?>
>> Yes, it was, although the hyphen was David's joke. The Chicago Sun-Times
>> got the story wrong and the error was spread by AP. Peter Jennings should
>> be told that "the phrase" is accented like a compound word despite its
>> spelling.
>Jennings had the pronunciation correct, and I'm sure that he knows
>what a compound noun is. That said, his point was that the word of the
>year is two words. He then said that at least it wasn't some phrase that
>I can't remember. It is several words long, new, and common enough to be
>recognized by a wide audience.
>Bill King
>University of Arizona

I'll have to forgive the man. He is always my example in class for a
centralized onset for the vowel rendered as "ou" or "ow" in spelling.






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