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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!fionn.lbl.gov!mike
  2. From: mike@fionn.lbl.gov (Michael Helm)
  3. Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
  4. Subject: Re: Americanisms (was Re: Back from the UK)
  5. Date: 22 Jan 1993 03:54:39 GMT
  6. Organization: N.I.C.E.
  7. Lines: 5
  8. Message-ID: <28566@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
  9. References: <1993Jan20.030157.15946@watson.ibm.com> <1993Jan20.093040.722@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> <8351@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
  10. Reply-To: mike@fionn.lbl.gov (Michael Helm)
  11. NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.128.60
  12.  
  13. briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM writes:
  14. >It's fun to listen to US folks try to pronounce Spanish. You see, Spanish
  15.  
  16. Maybe so, but nothing tops the BBC pronunciation of Nicaragua:
  17. "Knicker-ague-ah".
  18.