Date:  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 15:11:54 EDT

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Subject: Re: pronunciation of oxymoron, jewelry, etc.



D. M. Lance makes some interesting points, but I want to add that while

we may subconsciously be aware of an alternate form to the one we're using

when we say things like "nucular," that awareness may be buried very deeply.

I was not being facetious when I asked how people pronounce "jewelry":

I've only ever heard it as three syllables. On the other hand, many

native speakers are aware that there are people out there who will correct

some of our pronunciations, and may thus alter our speech to avoid this

(including avoiding certain words altogether if there's an alternative

that we're confident of our pronunciation of).



Vicki Rosenzweig

vr%acmcr.uucp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]murphy.com

New York, NY