"Bona Fides" (bone-a fee-deez?)

[Wilson Gray]

Not I. IMO, your pronunciation of it is the proper one.

-Wilson


On 1/25/06, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> On NY's "Inside City Hall," Congressman Vito Fossella (the lonely
> Republican, from Staten Island) mentioned that a Republican candidate had "bona  fides."
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> He said "bone-a fee-deez." I like "fi-deez."
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> Does anyone like Vito's use?
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