Will that be pop, soda or a soft drink?

Sun Mar 16 02:22:15 UTC 2003

On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Matthew Gordon wrote:

>As for 'pasta', maybe the author noted that the American pronunciation
>differed from the Canadian, which has something like /ae/ for both
>syllables, but noticed only the second syllable as having /a/; thus
>assuming Americans say /paesta/. Just a guess.

It's pahstah (or pasta if you prefer)for me - no "ae."

Bethany