>dInIs may be right about Shakespeare. OED doesn't cite the guy, but it >does have six cites back to 1587. > >Still sounds dumb, though. > >The Fox pronunciation, BTW, was / 'rE kriet /, not / rikri 'et /. > >JL ~~~~~~~~~~~ Besides which, in the case of MJ the clarification could well be needed (at least for the print version). AM