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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!psgrain!puddle!p0.f508.n711.z3.fidonet.org!Peter.Macinnis
  2. From: Peter.Macinnis@p0.f508.n711.z3.fidonet.org (Peter Macinnis)
  3. Sender: ufgate@puddle.fidonet.org (newsout1.26)
  4. Newsgroups: k12.chat.teacher
  5. Subject: Greetings from Down Under
  6. Message-ID: <32903.2B39DE3E@puddle.fidonet.org>
  7. Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 14:08:00 PDT
  8. Organization: FidoNet node 3:711/508.0 - The Bay, Neutral Bay NSW
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  13. SL>Now, perhaps you could advise as to the true pronunciation of "lieutenant"?
  14. SL>;-)
  15. Having once been one, I found that the senior WO's usually pronounced it
  16. "horrible little pain in the [mumbled possible expletive?].  As these
  17. people have been in the Army for many years, this is, I assume, the
  18. traditional pronunciation.
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  20. peter
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