schedule --pronunciation

[Nancy Elliott]

Captain Picard says 'skedule' in "Star Trek: The Next Generation." When I
first heard it, I assumed someone had told Patrick Stewart he ought to
pronounce it that way for his American audience.
Lynne, tell me more about Britons who say 'skedule.'

Nancy Elliott
Southern Oregon University
------Original Message------
From: Lynne Murphy <lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: January 26, 2001 10:30:36 PM GMT
Subject: schedule --pronunciation


Schedule with a 'sh', rather than a 'sk'--do Canadians use it?
Do any Americans use it besides the crowd with whom I used to affect it?

FWIW, I seem to hear Britons saying 'skedule' much of the time...

Lynne

M Lynne Murphy
Lecturer in Linguistics
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QH
UK

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