On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Steve K. wrote: > On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Thomas Paikeday wrote: > > > Is "tumeric," pronounced (TUE.muh.ric), common in spoken English? > > As far as I'm concerned, yes. (I didn't mean to imply it's the preferred spelling, by the way, merely that it is, in my experience, common.) --- Steve K.