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(...) Except on most periodic tables, you'll see it spelt "Aluminium". Most dictionaries list one as a variant of the other. ROSCO (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) How else would you pronounce aluminum? Can't be five syllables with only four vowels. ;-) Bruce (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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According to Mirriam Webster (www.m-w.com), it's pronounced either way. Adrian (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Is that metal Aloomenum (which I'm sure Americans are keeping secret from the rest of the world) actually useful for anything? Santosh (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) And the really disturbing thing is that Styx is still touring. My wife saw them in concert about a month ago. (!) James (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Styx. Paradise Theater. The full lyrics are here. (...) They don't make much sense, reading literally. Steve (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) There are people who really pronounce dissect with a short i? Wow. I've never heard it that way. Steve (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If it was on TV, who am I to argue? ++Lar (it is not true that I will "paint any car for only 99.95!") (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) D'oh! If you look closely, you'll see that I'm an idiot. I meant Styx. Of course, if it were Lethe I would have an excuse for forgetting... Dave! (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Billy Squier. Dave! (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes on both counts! Here's one that was pointed out to me long ago by a Ph.D. in biology: "dissect" does NOT rhyme with "bisect". The "dis-" has the same short i as in the word "discord". And this makes sense when you think of the meaning of (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Okay, they have a good argument, but I must say that I've heard the phrase uttered by a lot of people on whom (IMHO) sarcasm is wasted anyway, so that explanation is a bit of a stretch for me. Hey, and remember that song from long ago "Too (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes, you got it! Actually I had never heard of Marmite except on Lugnet, but ever since the Men At Work song I have been quite curious about Vegemite-- I even asked my mother-in-law once if she would pick me up some when she went to Australia, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Check out what The American Heritage® Book of English Usage, A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English has to say about this subject: (URL) Main main@appstate.edu (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Say on, sister! A particular gripe for me is "irregardless," which for some reason sees a lot of use in my office. Further, as I've mentioned before, I am thoroughly vexed by "nukuler" in place of "nuclear." I'm not sufficiently pedantic to (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) We'll show 'em! (...) Must've missed the other one(s), sorry 8?) (click,click,click....read....) Oh, there it is! (URL) Looks like a few other people like that one, too. Well I guess I've got one of your favourite words pinned down, not sure (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey, I resemble that nasturtium! I'll have you know that I too cringe when I hear that phrase (no offense, Brad!). It also pains me that I have seen two people on Lugnet who certainly should have known better write "between you and I". And (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Somehow it's more elegant. (...) I don't know anything about cable, we have satellite. (...) I may have seen Jim Henson Associates at the end of it although I wasn't really paying attention. It would, however, explain that distinctive furry (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Mark W. (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ah I see. I don't get Disney on my cable system. Is that show produced by Henson? ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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