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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <kfohgf$e23$1 at dont-email.me>,
	David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> In article <00ACEFA0.609F6A62 at sendspamhere.org>,
>> 	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>>> In article <ao8874Fd1uoU1 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>>>> 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.
>>> In heavy PA Dutch areas?
>> 
>> Can't imagine why.  It isn't pronounced with the "sh" sound in German
>> either.  Only difference between German and English is the pronounciation
>> of the "a".
>> 
>> And for those who think "He said Dutch, not German" :-) the word in 
>> Dutch is "sumak".  Still no "sh".
>> 
>> bill
>>  
>> 
> 
> Ah, but you omitted the interesting reason why they are called 
> "Pennsylvania Dutch".

Cause Pennsylvanians were stupid?  

bill

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