beyond the pail
Joanne M. Despres
jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM
Mon Mar 10 15:07:26 UTC 2003
On 7 Mar 2003, at 19:48, Duane Campbell wrote:
> n the discussion of all this, though, I have yet to see my question
> answered. Is there something non-standard about either "pail" or
> "bucket"?
>
> D
The Tenth Collegiate stigmatizes neither "pail" nor "bucket," nor
the "crick" pronunciation of "creek." So, from this company's
perspective, they're all perfectly standard.
Joanne
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