"Kalmia" > wrote in message
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> On Monday, August 4, 2014 10:35:22 AM UTC-4, wrote:
>> On Sunday, August 3, 2014 7:19:08 PM UTC-4, Kalmia wrote:
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>> >
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>> > I won't even get INTO 'forte'.
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>> I learned that from George Carlin.
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> I learned that from a guy, (from Texas!) who used to beat the pants off me
> at cribbage.
>
>> It was gratifying, later on, to hear Charles Emerson Winchester (on
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>> M*A*S*H) pronouncing the noun correctly. Those writers sure did
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>> their research well - but for all I know, David Ogden Stiers
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>> knew the correct pronunciation anyway.
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> Hey, I think I reMEMber that episode.
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> My high school drama coach tried to drill it into us that the word was
> 'KrisTian', not Chris-chin. Negotiate was another one of her pet peeves.

I hate it when people say Crishin. I know of a woman who named her youngest
that and she always pronounced it that way. So did a friend of mine.
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>> (For those who don't know, you only pronounce the e when it's an
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>> adjective.)
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> Would you use it adjectivally in a sentence, please?
>
> I bet you cringe at what some of the news-anchors are saying.