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  2. From: ccjal@cc.newcastle.edu.au (John A Lambert)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: Various things
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov8.213204.1@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
  6. Date: 8 Nov 92 10:32:04 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov8.042646.10166@news.columbia.edu>
  8. Sender: news@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au
  9. Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
  10. Lines: 19
  11.  
  12. In article <1992Nov8.042646.10166@news.columbia.edu>, gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener) writes:
  13. > a) The other day, I was talking about a technical design with someone,
  14. > and they referred to the pending patent on the device.  However, his
  15. > pronunciation of "patent" rhymed with "latent."  I've never heard the
  16. > word "patent" pronounced any way other than with the first syllable
  17. > pronounced like the name "pat."  Has anyone else encountered "patent"
  18. > prounounced with the long a?
  19. > 
  20. > b) ...
  21. > 
  22. > c) ...
  23. -- 
  24. `Patent' rhyming with `latent' is the usual Australian pronunciation although I
  25. have heard the `pat' occasionally.
  26.  
  27. John A Lambert
  28. Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing
  29. The University of Newcastle NSW 2308 Australia
  30. ccjal@cc.newcastle.edu.au
  31.