beyond the pail

[Beverly Flanigan]

At 10:07 AM 3/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>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

Hurray!  Small victories.