Heard on NOVA:

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Jocelyn Limpert
<jocelyn.limpert at gmail.com> quoted:
> The pronunciation that I was specifically taught to use ca. 1945 - as
> opposed to the "spelling-pronunciation," [arktIk] - still lives.

Whoa! Is *my* face red! That poorly-constructed sentence should read:

"_That_ pronunciation, _[ar.tIk]_, that I was specifically taught to
use ca. 1945 - as opposed to the 'spelling-pronunciation,'
[arktIk]..."

And by _.t_, I mean that the /t/ was given an slight,
syllable-initial-style (slight) aspiration.

My apologies to the list.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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