Date:  Wed, 20 Sep 1995 13:58:18 -0700

From:  Dan Alford <dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU>

Subject: Re: reasonably bizarre anymore!



Natalie! It's the vowel of 'foot', not 'boot'! Nobody (I hope) says

"POOL-its-er"! No wonder it doesn't sound good to you!



On Mon, 18 Sep 1995, Natalie Maynor wrote:



> > Where I come from, we say /pyulitzer/. What do the rest of you say?

>

> "Pulitzer" to me definitely is [ju] not [u] -- same vowel as in a cat

> sound, not a cow sound.

>  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)

>