schedule --pronunciation

[Mark A. Mandel]

"D. Ezra Johnson" <ezra_50 at HOTMAIL.COM> writes:

>>>>>
Nancy Elliott writes:
>
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.
>

Captain Picard is supposed to be French, right? So maybe he doesn't have to
conform to British norms.

The other possiblity is diffusion of the [sk] pronunciation over the next
three centuries...
<<<<<

I don't know what the official line is on Picard; culturally he's a lot
more English. ST has never been noted for background consistency. I'll ask
around, though.

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