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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 2/15/2013 6:04 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 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 did live in Pennsylvania for almost a year, many years ago.

 From my present domicile in New Jersey, I can easily get to
Philadelphia, though I seldom do so.