English in USA

[Joel S. Berson]

At 11/14/2006 09:41 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>I"ve discussed the word "English" a bit.  In USA it starts with "long e"
>~eenglish, as can be heard in m-w.com, rather than short i, ~inglish, as in
>"ingrained".

Whom have you been listening to -- Borat?  No one I listen to
pronounces it "eenglish".

Joel

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