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[Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>]

Good point Mark, but how many times have you heard
some pronounce NASA as "Nay-Sah" with a long A?  Like
Jerry, I always pronounce it with the short "a" sound
rather than the long...

Michael
Corvallis, Oregon


--- Mark & Helen Angermayer <hangermayer@isp.com>
wrote:

> I know there are a ton of exceptions to English, but
> if I remember grammar
> from grade school (a few years ago for all of us)
> don't you generally use
> the short vowel sound when there is a double
> consonant following?  As in the
> words suffix, affix, annex.  Words without a double
> consonant would have the
> long sound, codex, latex, and remix.
> 
> If only my teacher could see me now,
> Mark
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers"
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 6:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Stacey v. Staceyville
> 
> 
> >
> > 1. How is NAFEX pronounced?  I've heard it a
> couple
> >     of different ways.
> >
> >  I always said 'Nah (rhymes w/ 'yeah')-fecks until
> I attended a NAFEX
> > meeting where I found that most people said
> 'Nay-fecks'.
> >
> >  2. Regarding the plum 'Jung's Big Red,' what is
> the
> >     true name of the variety, if different?
> >
> > Check out Jung's website, perhaps they'll know
> > 
>
https://www.jungseed.com/jungsite/jungsiteCustServ.aspx
> >
> >  3. Is the pear 'Stacey' the same as
> 'Staceyville'?
> >
> > Yes
> >
> >  Jerry in NW MN
> >  Zone 3a
> >
> >
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Michael Dossett
Corvallis, Oregon
www.Mdossettphoto.com
phainopepla@yahoo.com



 
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