words starting with "ex"

Michael H Covarrubias mcovarru at PURDUE.EDU
Mon Jul 23 05:12:51 UTC 2007


Quoting Tom Zurinskas:

> Americans don't say "stock ixchange". ...
>
> The best English accent has the least exceptions (not ixceptions) to the
> phonetic patters of the written word.
>

Priceless.

And by that I mean 'worth nothing.'

Michael

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