Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 10:14:29 EST

From: David Bergdahl BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Re: Merc?



From: NAME: David Bergdahl

FUNC: English

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If both are [mIrk] then that's odd: the Daimler-Benz auto is [mer'tsedIs bEnts]

and the American one is [m3rk]. You say these are Europeans who have

appropriated the [mIrk] pronunciation? ... how odd!



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David Bergdahl

Ohio University/Athens

"Where Appalachia meets the Midwest"--Anya Briggs