CLIK/CLEEK & NATIVE SPEAKER

[Steve K.]

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:

> "Neesh" must be mostly a recent spelling-pronunciation. I'm not sure
> whether I've ever heard it. The trendy M-W on the Web shows it with a mark
> meaning "considered unacceptable by some" and the very trendy AHD4 shows
> it, but most of my dictionaries don't.

Actually AHD has had the neesh pron since AH2-College in 1982. I was a
junior in high school then, so it wasn't my doing.

--- Steve K.