[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <00ACEF2F.64E50CF6 at sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> In article <1Pz8et8m7O9A at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>> In article 
>> <3edb6d1f-62fb-4263-8005-fbde774ca26b at fn10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
>>  Rich Jordan <jordan at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Our university english lit prof told the likely apocryphal tale of her
>>> English professor telling his students that after long and careful
>>> study, he had determined that the only word in the English language
>>> where s followed by a vowel was pronounced as 'sh' was sumac.
>>> 
>>> One of his students asked, 'Professor, are you sure?'
>>
>>   This is more interesting than it may seem.  I had to check that
>>   Merriam Webster claims sumac starts with the "sh" sound.  After
>>   living in Iowa, Louisiana, Virginia, Illinois, Michigan, NJ,
>>   and Maryland, I've never once heard it pronounced that way.
> 
> You should have lived in Pennsylvania! ;)

I live in PA and I have lived in over a dozen differnt states and
a bunch of counturies and I have never heard it pronounced with the
"sh" sound either.

bill

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Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
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