"The camera cannot lie" (continued)

James Smith jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM
Fri Oct 15 14:44:59 UTC 1999


--- "A. Vine" <avine at ENG.SUN.COM> wrote:

 One sometimes hears
> > the word pronounced "am-at-teur" or even
> "am-at-chewer," both of which are
> > incorrect.
>
> This from the very same folks who pronounce
> "Beaulieu" as "byoo-lee" and "Ypres"
> as "wipers".  I believe I will retain my colonial
> pronunciation of "amateur".
>
> Andrea

Being an amateur, I prefer "a-m at -chur".

Jim SMITH

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