Date:  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 06:39:49 -0400

From:  Seth Sklarey <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET>

Subject: Re: Ornery Kathleen/realator



>>All my life I've noticed that some people have a tendency

>>to pronounce my name with three syllables.

>>"KATH' uh LEEN''" or somethin'.

>

>Presumably the same folks who add the "uh" in the middle of Kathleen (a 2

>syllable word as far as I can tell) are the same folks who say athuhlete

>(and drive me crazy).

>

>Ornery is different - losing a syllable, not adding a superfluous one.

>BTW, I say it with both the first r and 3 syllables and grew up in NY. Of

>course, it's not really a word I use a whole hell of a lot in any case.

>

>Rima

>

>

They probably also say Realator instead of Realtor and nucular instead of

nuclear. If they are from the south they say umbrella & insurance with

the accent on the first syllable.



Seth Sklarey

Wittgenstein School of the Unwritten Word

Coconut Grove, FL