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"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 06:09:56 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
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>>On Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 8:57:22 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2016-11-03 12:43 AM, Bruce wrote:
>>> > In article >, Nancy Young says...
>>> >>
>>> >> On 11/2/2016 2:44 PM, graham wrote:
>>> >>> Here we go again! How to pronounce "Scone".
>>> >>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-...onounce-scone/
>>> >>
>>> >> If they wanted it to be pronounced scon by everyone, they should have
>>> >> left off the e.
>>> >
>>> > And if they wanted it to be pronouced Wensday, they shouldn't have
>>> > written Wednesday.
>>>
>>> There are still some people around who know how to speak English
>>> properly. Most of the people I know pronounce Wednesday as it is
>>> spelled. Those who pronounce it Wensday tend to mispronounce a lot of
>>> other words too.

>>
>>It might be regional. Practically everybody around here pronounces
>>it Wensday, regardless of educational level. Watch the Addams
>>Family some time, and listen to the actors pronounce
>>"Wednesday Addams".
>>
>>Do you pronounce it Wed-ens-day or Wed-ness-day (or something else)?

>
> Tuesday Weld was cuter.


And Ruby Tuesday was best of all. ;-)

Cheri