"pot-able"

[Dennis R. Preston]

Nope; us prescriptivists want you to pronounce it with /o/, not open
o. You can't hide there.

dInIs (aka Peterson and Barney Preston)

>I've always said pot_able: isn't this just the same as
>the /cot/caught/ convergence?
>
>--- Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
>>  VADM Thad Allen, the new head of FEMA, says
>>  "pot-able" too (_Fox & Friends_ today).
>>
>>  This pronunciation must be taken as definitive.
>>  He's an admiral, so he knows about water.
>>
>>  JL
>>
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