Date:  Fri, 19 May 1995 14:54:37 -0600

From:  Bruce Gelder <bgelder[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CAMEL.SIM.ES.COM>

Subject: harassment



I heard a new (to me) pronunciation of "harassment" on the local (SLC)

television news last night. Instead of saying either harASSment or

HARassment, the anchorwoman combined the two pronunciations and said

"hair*ass'ment" (with the stress on the second syllable).



-Bruce