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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!comlab.ox.ac.uk!oxuniv!wilcox
  2. From: wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: I before E rule
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov10.183352.10038@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 10 Nov 92 18:33:52 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov8.214004.1@cc.newcastle.edu.au> <1dkpvkINNft9@uwm.edu>
  8. Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620
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  11. In article <1dkpvkINNft9@uwm.edu>, jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) writes:
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  13. > Weird does have the "ee" sound, to my ears at least.  In fact, I've never
  14. > heard it pronounced otherwise.
  15. Try the Briticism wee-@d, where the @ is the ubiquitous ASCII schwa. It comes
  16. close.
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  20. Stephen Wilcox             |   For Sale: Posts in British Government. Suit
  21. wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk    |   outgoing American. Highest bids accepted.
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