Pontius "Pie Late"; prolific

[Wilson Gray]

In the story of the person who supposedly said? / wrote? "Pontius the
Pilot," that person at least had the grace to be an elementary-school
child and not an adult "earning" my annual pension in a week.

OTOH, why in hell *isn't* Pilate pronounced "Pie Late"? (In truth, I
don't really care. The question is merely rhetorical.)

-Wilson

On 4/6/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Fox News alum Kiran Chetry, now of CNN, just mentioned Pontius / 'paileit / in a Good Friday story.
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>   On the same show, an FBI spokesman explained that the fugitive from yesterday's New Jersey shooting is "prolific and dangerous."  Wha ?  He's likely to have more criminal kids before he's caught ?
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