"aem" > wrote in message
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> On Aug 9, 9:34 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>> "l, not -l" > wrote in
>> ...
>> > On 9-Aug-2007, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>>
>> >> Absurd. You say it that way out of some fake sense of propriety.
>> >> [snip]
>
>> > According to the M-W online dictionary, croppie is the correct
>> > pronunciation. Click on the little speaker symbol to hear it
>> > pronounced,
>> > if you don't believe what you see. [snip]
>
>> Then, the dictionary is wrong.
>
> No, you're wrong in this specific instance, but your point about
> pronunciations being changed to avoid embarrasment is correct. Middle
> school and high school teachers know all the words which elicit
> adolescent giggles. I think it's the national tv producers who are
> the culprits in using this as an excuse for fomenting
> mispronunciations. My pet peeve in this line is "harass". It was
> properly said, "ha-RASS" until the fear of giggles now makes it more
> often heard, "HAIR-uss". -aem
>


I'm wrong? How do you come to that conclusion, considering the accepted
rules of pronunciation for English? Sure, there are exceptions, but
"crappie" isn't one of them, unless you want to take the easy way out and
call it a regional flaw.