On Aug 9, 1:57 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
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> > On Aug 9, 9:34 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
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> >> > On 9-Aug-2007, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
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> >> >> Absurd. You say it that way out of some fake sense of propriety.
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> >> > 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]
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> >> Then, the dictionary is wrong.
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> > 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
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> 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.- Hide quoted text -
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Every rule has exceptions.

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