HEE-licopter

[paulzjoh]

Was it he-lee-O-copter?  I remember that back before WW II.
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From: "Dale Coye" <Dalecoye at AOL.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:34 AM
Subject: HEE-licopter


> Last night was a big town planning board meeting for Princeton Airport.
It
> had to do with the proximity of a helicopter hanger to our neighborhood,
and
> the lawyer for the airport, to my amazement, refered to them as
HEE-licopters.
>  I see that Websters 10th lists that as an alternative pronunciation, and
it
> seems that in the dim memories of my youth I may have heard it once
before,
> but here in NJ I'd have to say this is really, really rare.  It was one of
those
> things where I noticed many people in the audience turning to their
neighbors
> and whispering, "hee-licopter?"    I think it actually hurt his case at
some
> subconscious level.
>
> Dale Coye
> The College of NJ
>